UBC-UAEM news
UAEM Express: Access to medicines news roundup for July 14th
Several items of interest from the past week: – UAEM submission to WHO Consultative Working Group (CEWG) UAEM presents several models to increase global health impact of publicly-funded medical innovation: 1) global access licensing, 2) open research, development and publishing 3) patent pools, 4) de-linking R&D costs from drug prices. Authored by Unni Gopinathan and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Next UBC-UAEM Meeting: Saturday, May 28th
Hi everyone, UBC-UAEM’s summer session kicked off with a successful Strategic Retreat. A huge thanks to everyone who came out — so many fresh faces and great ideas! Minutes from the meeting will be available soon. We hope you can join us for the next breakfast meeting, happening Saturday, May 28th, 9-10am at Sonja’s apartment. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Canadian access-to-medicines bill passes second reading
Since 2008, UAEM chapters across Canada have been supporting the work of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network in lobbying for long-overdue reforms to Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), a law which was intended to allow low-cost Canadian generic versions of patented drugs to be exported to poor countries. When Canada passed this law in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )« Previous Entries
