Ellen 't Hoen
@ellenthoen.bsky.social
X-Twitter refugee looking for a safer place. I spend most of my time working on access to medicines and intellectual property at www.medicineslawandpolicy.org. If not, I cook.
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France is killing it - net price transparency now, ammendment tabled and adopted ! @healthlawadamh.bsky.social @mattherder.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
France is killing it - net price transparency now, ammendment tabled and adopted ! @healthlawadamh.bsky.social @mattherder.bsky.social
Fully support this morning’s statement by @theindpanel.bsky.social at the #PABS talks at the WHO. It relates to the news broken by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social that the US is seeking access to pathogen information in exchange for health funding. healthpolicy-watch.news/exclusive-us...
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Fully support this morning’s statement by @theindpanel.bsky.social at the #PABS talks at the WHO. It relates to the news broken by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social that the US is seeking access to pathogen information in exchange for health funding. healthpolicy-watch.news/exclusive-us...
on.ft.com/493t0RL War is pushing us to a drug resistance tipping point by @gardp.bsky.social
War is pushing us to a drug resistance tipping point
Failure to prevent the rise and spread of infections in conflict zones imperils health security everywhere
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November 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
on.ft.com/493t0RL War is pushing us to a drug resistance tipping point by @gardp.bsky.social
Last chance to register for the Amsterdam Medicines Justice Conference. registration closes tomorrow: www.aanmelder.nl/medicinesjus...
Medicines justice - Registration
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October 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Last chance to register for the Amsterdam Medicines Justice Conference. registration closes tomorrow: www.aanmelder.nl/medicinesjus...
Meanwhile on the dark side:
September 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Meanwhile on the dark side:
The @wto.org just published its 2025 World Trade Report on trade and AI to the benefit for all: www.wto.org/english/res_...
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September 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The @wto.org just published its 2025 World Trade Report on trade and AI to the benefit for all: www.wto.org/english/res_...
Because “contraception is not life-saving” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
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September 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Because “contraception is not life-saving” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Next week, at the @who.int the second meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) tasked with negotiating the PABS Instrument will take place. We just published this brief on the subject:
medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/09/who-...
medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/09/who-...
WHO Members meet to finalise the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing Instrument | Medicines Law & Policy
medicineslawandpolicy.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Next week, at the @who.int the second meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) tasked with negotiating the PABS Instrument will take place. We just published this brief on the subject:
medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/09/who-...
medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/09/who-...
The WHO Foundation should clean up its act. And so should member states by supporting the @who.int with core financing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Alarm as WHO accepts increasing amount of dark money from corporate donors
Experts say millions in corporate funding and concealment of donors’ identities raises key conflict-of-interest concerns
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September 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The WHO Foundation should clean up its act. And so should member states by supporting the @who.int with core financing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
GLP-1 drugs have been on the Medicines Patent Pool priority list for a while. Time for the companies to come forward now @who.int labeled them essential @thirugeneva.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org
On Sept 5th, @who.int listed GLP-1 drugs on its Essential Medicines List. This listing covers about 75% of the 2.1 m lives saved per year in the lower estimate of the model David Brook and I developed. See the details on the screenshot below from our preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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September 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
GLP-1 drugs have been on the Medicines Patent Pool priority list for a while. Time for the companies to come forward now @who.int labeled them essential @thirugeneva.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org
Here is our blog on the new WHO Essential Medicines List : medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/09/trea...
Treatment for cystic fibrosis added to Essential Medicines List by the World Health Organization: A victory for campaigners, though prices still ‘toxic’ | Medicines Law & Policy
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September 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Here is our blog on the new WHO Essential Medicines List : medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/09/trea...
Here you can find the new Model lists of Essential Medicines.
September 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Here you can find the new Model lists of Essential Medicines.
The WHO just published its new Model List of Essential Medicines list. Pleased to see cystic fibrosis meds included. Thanks to the great work of the Right to Breathe campaign. However, Vertex's high prices will continue to be a barrier. www.righttobreathe.net/post/a-huge-...
A huge turning point: CF medicine’s Trikafta/Kaftrio added to WHO Essential Medicines List
Today marks a historic breakthrough in the fight for global access to lifesaving cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment.The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially added elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacafto...
www.righttobreathe.net
September 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The WHO just published its new Model List of Essential Medicines list. Pleased to see cystic fibrosis meds included. Thanks to the great work of the Right to Breathe campaign. However, Vertex's high prices will continue to be a barrier. www.righttobreathe.net/post/a-huge-...
Not sure that this will do a great deal for increasing confidence in vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/09/03/p...
Pfizer’s CEO defends Covid vaccines, suggests Trump may deserve a Nobel Peace Prize
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla defended the development of Covid vaccines and suggested President Trump may deserve a Nobel Peace Prize because of Operation Warp Speed.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Not sure that this will do a great deal for increasing confidence in vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/09/03/p...
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💊💰 In een opiniestuk voor @zorgvisie.bsky.social betoogt @ellaweggen.bsky.social van Wemos dat de overheid nu eindelijk grenzen moet stellen aan prijzen van nieuwe medicijnen.
Buitensporige medicijnprijzen verdringen andere belangrijke zorg.
Lees: www.zorgvisie.nl/blog/opinie-...
Buitensporige medicijnprijzen verdringen andere belangrijke zorg.
Lees: www.zorgvisie.nl/blog/opinie-...
Opinie | Overheid moet grenzen stellen aan medicijnprijzen - Zorgvisie
Mag een farmaceutisch bedrijf buitensporige prijzen voor medicijnen vragen en daarmee het Nederlandse zorgstelsel op onnodig hoge kosten jagen?
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August 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
💊💰 In een opiniestuk voor @zorgvisie.bsky.social betoogt @ellaweggen.bsky.social van Wemos dat de overheid nu eindelijk grenzen moet stellen aan prijzen van nieuwe medicijnen.
Buitensporige medicijnprijzen verdringen andere belangrijke zorg.
Lees: www.zorgvisie.nl/blog/opinie-...
Buitensporige medicijnprijzen verdringen andere belangrijke zorg.
Lees: www.zorgvisie.nl/blog/opinie-...
Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation is recruiting: www.pharmaceuticalaccountability.org/2025/08/07/p...
PAF is Recruiting: Database Assistant. Apply by 20 August. | The Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation
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August 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation is recruiting: www.pharmaceuticalaccountability.org/2025/08/07/p...
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This should be an interesting panel on voluntary licensing and socially responsible licensing by academia. English/Spanish translation will be available.
Mesa Redonda: Licenciamiento Voluntario y Socialmente Responsable desde las Universidades.
Exploraremos cómo las universidades pueden impulsar una transferencia tecnológica más equitativa mediante licencias voluntarias con enfoque social.
Link para inscripción previa
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Exploraremos cómo las universidades pueden impulsar una transferencia tecnológica más equitativa mediante licencias voluntarias con enfoque social.
Link para inscripción previa
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This should be an interesting panel on voluntary licensing and socially responsible licensing by academia. English/Spanish translation will be available.
on.ft.com/4m1YquY US rejects World Health Organization pandemic response measures (this refers to the amendements to the International Health Regulations)
US rejects World Health Organization pandemic response measures
Decision could hamper global co-operation for future health crises
on.ft.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
on.ft.com/4m1YquY US rejects World Health Organization pandemic response measures (this refers to the amendements to the International Health Regulations)
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Save the Children suspends BCG partnership over Gaza work https://on.ft.com/40JPe67
Save the Children suspends BCG partnership over Gaza work
Charity’s chief ‘appalled and deeply disturbed’ by FT reporting on consultancy’s involvement
on.ft.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Save the Children suspends BCG partnership over Gaza work https://on.ft.com/40JPe67
Naar verwachting doet morgen de rechtbank uitspraak ik de zaak die de Stichting Farma Ter Verantwoording heeft aangespannen tegen AbbVie vanwege een te hoge prijs voor het medicijn Humira (adalimumab). www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Is een duur medicijn een schending van mensenrechten? Woensdag spreekt de rechter zich daarover uit
Farmacie: Het reumamedicijn Humira werd lange tijd voor een hoge prijs verkocht. Was die prijs ook buitensporig hoog?
www.nrc.nl
July 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Naar verwachting doet morgen de rechtbank uitspraak ik de zaak die de Stichting Farma Ter Verantwoording heeft aangespannen tegen AbbVie vanwege een te hoge prijs voor het medicijn Humira (adalimumab). www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
He is a danger to the world’s children’s health www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
He is a danger to the world’s children’s health www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
As if high medicines prices and inequitable access is not an issue in the EU ….
Today at the Human Rights Council informal, the European Union asked to delete PP35 in the draft right to health resolution because it presented a "distorted view" of access barriers. @arianna-s.bsky.social @hai-org.bsky.social @ellenthoen.bsky.social @wemos.org
June 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
As if high medicines prices and inequitable access is not an issue in the EU ….
I just published a brief blog on the USFDA's approval of long-acting lenacapavir for #PrEP and the potential to end HIV: medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/06/fda-...
FDA approval of injectable lenacapavir for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) opens the road to ending HIV | Medicines Law & Policy
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June 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I just published a brief blog on the USFDA's approval of long-acting lenacapavir for #PrEP and the potential to end HIV: medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/06/fda-...