Luis Gil Abinader
@abinader
Global health law, intellectual property, access to medicine.
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19-10-2008 22:38:07
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.Moderna tried to extract a huge price for its #COVID -19 #vaccine from the South African government at the height of the pandemic, according to the local NGO Health Justice Initiative - HJI, in revelations made public this week.
✍ Kerry Cullinan
healthpolicy-watch.news/modernas-attem…
Today we join Health Justice Initiative - HJI in report showing Moderna & Pfizer wielded unprecedented power in COVID-19 negotiations w South Africa. The SA govt tried to include transparency, supply commitment, etc to realize its obligations under SA and Intl law. Was blocked by monopoly power
Breaking:⏰📢
'Groundbreaking Access to Documents Show Pharma Giants Bullied SA in Covid-19 Vaccine Negotiations'
Records & Analysis “The Negotiations, One Sided-Part 2’’ with Public Citizen O'Neill Institute is publicly available at:
healthjusticeinitiative.org.za/pandemic-trans…
The People's Vaccine
Inside Health Policy talked to Mark Cuban about the distribution of generic versions of Xtandi, if CMS allows generic manufacturers to the federal government's 35 USC 202(c)(4) royalty free right in the patents for federal programs.
New law and policy portal with library of laws launched by World Health Organization (WHO) O'Neill Institute to advance implementation of the Global health and care workers compact who.int/news/item/04-0…
WTO has failed. It took years. But now eminently clear that the WTO is not capable of responding during a pandemic, securing rapid sharing of technology & global production of medical countermeasures.
Knowledge sharing/IP issue must shift to World Health Organization (WHO).
theguardian.com/global-develop…
There have been recent calls for World Health Organization (WHO) to declare Climate Change a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?
Is this legally possible?
My answer in Opinio Juris today:
opiniojuris.org/2024/02/05/pla…