Tomorrow, a US Senate committee meets to ask what we all want to know - "why Novo Nordisk is charging outrageously high prices for diabetes medicines” Our research found, Novo Nordisk & Eli Lilly and Company sell diabetes drugs at up to 40,000% markup! 🤯 🔗msfaccess.org/new-msf-report…

A case study of the WHO’s mRNA technology transfer programme in South Africa an initiative "largely in line with dominant approaches to vaccine production, steeped in the neocolonial dynamics" Matthew Herder & Ximena Benavides via PLOS Global Public Health journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

A new & incredibly detailed review of the WHO mRNA hub by Matthew Herder Ximena Benavides. Beyond the question of whether it can deliver, they find that the architecture of the project makes it unlikely to improve equitable access to mRNA drugs & vaccines. journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

NEW: Activists ACT UP London are demanding Gilead make Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly & highly effective injectable HIV prevention drug, accessible globally with generic production. It could be ~$40 per person per year with profit but Gilead are charging $40,000+! 1/3

ACT-UP London action this morning outside Gilead Sciences Holborn #genericlenacapavirnow #gileaddropyourprices #ACTUPLONDON #ACTUP #endpharmagreed #actupfightbackendaids

Diabetes meds like #Ozempic are sold at up to 40,000% markup while patients struggle to access them. They can be sold at profit for $0.89/month, but costs $115 in South Africa & $353 in the US. MSF Access Campaign is demanding Eli Lilly and Company Novo Nordisk Sanofi make them affordable

Unveiling a banner urging ‘Gilead Stop Your Delay: Generic Lenacapavir Now!’ along with a giant PrEP syringe, activists submitted a letter to Gilead demanding they make the drug available and affordable #ACTUPLONDON #gileadstopyourdelay #genericlenacapavirnow #actup

Here is the analysis + research backing up what we have been saying since day 1 of WHO/MPP mRNA Programme, with HQ in SA. A GS program should at very least be GS led. Not by Geneva, France. IP needs a plan too. Brook Baker & I wrote about this -HJIs Pandemic Lessons Compendium.

Today is the 40th anniversary of the Hatch-Waxman Act. In our new video, Tahir Amin explains how the Act came to be and how Pharma turned it into a tool to extend drug patent monopolies and keep drug prices sky-high.

Lina Khan and Lesley Stahl show millions of Americans how patent abuse works—in 40 seconds.

You can read the article Brook & I wrote in 2023 about the mRNA WHO MPP Program here: healthjusticeinitiative.org.za/2023/09/18/pan… You can read the outcome of Matthew Herder + Ximena Benavides excellent case study (based also on several hard hitting interviews) on the Program here: journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

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“Branded pharmaceutical corporations completely reoriented their business models to take advantage of the Hatch-Waxman Act’s many concessions and loopholes.” - Tahir Amin

Why are we still using BCG, a century-old vaccine for TB? Neglect and under-investment, as seen below 👇🏾 cdn.resultscanada.ca/wp-content/upl…

🏙🌡 Urbanisation, ageing, climate change... How we can prepare our health systems for the unknown? Listen to our podcast for answers. Listen to our podcast Transmission to find out! Saleh Aljadeeah 🎧open.spotify.com/show/1V1sqmbBr…

🚨BREAKING: #RightToBreathe campaigners & allies protest outside Vertex Pharmaceuticals HQ in Boston! We have delivered a petition signed by over 142,000 people, demanding that Vertex makes its lifesaving #cysticfibrosis medicine accessible to everyone, everywhere. 🫁🌍

“Unconscionable, unconstitutional and a clear abuse of intellectual property rights.” Read what Health Justice Initiative - HJI founder Fatima Hassan has to say about South Africa’s insulin pen shortage Christina Pitt. bhekisisa.org/health-news-so…

📢 In Boston yesterday, 80+ clinicians & allies joined us outside Vertex Pharmaceuticals to protest their $326k/year price for lifesaving #cysticfibrosis meds that can be made for under $6k. We delivered a petition signed by 142,000+ demanding global access. Please share!⬇️#NACFC