WHO negotiations on a pandemic treaty.

The age at which scientists or inventors achieve their moment of genius increasing: Half of all pioneering contributions in science now happen after age 40, it used to be younger.

Why? There is much more to master before making a contribution to a field. nber.org/papers/w19866

By Arianna Schouten in Medicines Law&Policy, US Authorisation of Non-Voluntary Use of Patents frequently used for health technologies

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Sometimes not obvious, but the 'Office of Health Economics' is not a government agency. It is private research and advocacy group partly funded by drug companies.

#PublicHealth The WHO pandemic treaty: The Peace Clause and its discontents ( namely European Commission Ireland at UN in Geneva HHS.gov Health Canada and PHAC UK Mission Geneva 🇬🇧 Swiss MFA JAPAN Mission GENEVA) keionline.org/39585 Balasubramaniam KEI

The best meme I’ve seen so far! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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.

Read full story: insidehealthpolicy.com/daily-news/cub…

New: Mark Cuban tells InsideHealthPolicy he could take on the role of distributing the drugs should CMS back drug-pricing advocates’ proposed march-in alternative to license entities to make generic versions of expensive drugs like Xtandi. 👇

X not happy so many people are hiding the blue checkmark.

This is what happens when a society has been marinating in Down Wing pessimism for a half century.

And this is why we need firm commitments by governments on technology transfer for pandemic preparedness in the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic accord. #INB9 #PandemicAccord

What a sentence:
“Organizations that offer donor-advised funds, along with a handful of other philanthropy groups, spent $11 million from 2018 to 2023 to block legislation to force donor-advised funds to distribute more to charity.”
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Moderna puts plans for African vaccine plant on hold ft.com/content/dbcce8… via @ft

The US government has been manufacturing pharmaceuticals for at least 160 years.

Maintaining (& expanding) this capacity is key to addressing supply challenges.

Looking forward to discussing lessons learned + future directions with Senate Armed Services Committee next week.

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