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Investigating power & politics in the capital of global health. Reported, Curated & Published by Priti Patnaik https://bsky.app/profile/pritipatnaik.bsky.social

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Geneva Health Files @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social · Aug 14
How Geopolitics Has Reshaped Global Biomedical Investments in 2025

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The curious mix of spectacle and substance that is COP

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November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Transactional U.S. Bilateral Contracts Seeking Biological Data Complicates Multilateral Negotiations on Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing; Unlocking PABS Puzzle Could Hinge on Conditional Access

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November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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American Barter: Aid In Exchange for Information on Pathogens [Breaking News]

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November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure
Brussels is set to water down part of its strict digital rule book as it aims to make bloc more competitive
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November 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Obesity Drugs May Drop to as Little as $149 a Month
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November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Podcast Alert #GlobalHealthMatters

In this episode, host @garryaslanyan.bsky.social sits down with Lena Nanushyan, First Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia to speak about her work to strengthen tobacco control.

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November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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To Finish the Pandemic Agreement, WHO Needs a Trustworthy Viral Database | Think Global Health
Online platforms for sharing virus sequences are in disarray. The World Health Organization has a chance to build something new
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November 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Novo Nordisk spent millions on weight loss searches that took people to its Ozempic website, analysis found
Novo Nordisk spent an estimated $7.5 million on 15,000 paid keywords related to weight loss searches, a new analysis found.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Countries resumed discussions on the Pathogen Access Benefit Sharing mechanism at WHO this week. It is getting more interesting, more technical, more difficult and more political.

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At the Threshold of Negotiations, Conceptual Differences Over the Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing System Divide Countries [IGWG UPDATE]

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November 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund’s ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes
Jens Stoltenberg says move will avoid forced sale of shares in Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet over their work for Israel
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November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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At the Threshold of Negotiations, Conceptual Differences Over the Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing System Divide Countries [IGWG UPDATE]

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November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Track #IGWG3 here.
Limited open sessions only

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Third meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement
The third meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement will be conducted in hybrid format during 3–7 November 2025.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: Pharma Industry Throws its Hat in the Ring: Wants to be "Expert" to Inform Talks on Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing, Sends Letter to IGWG; Some Countries Pushing to Keep Stakeholders Out

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October 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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#PABS #IGWG @who.int
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EXCLUSIVE: Strong on the Access to Pathogen Information, Non-Binding on The Sharing of Benefits - Bureau of Intergovernmental Working Group Comes Up with Negotiating Text

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November 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Creative destruction in global health

via @garryaslanyan.bsky.social #GlobalHealthMatters Podcast

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Creative destruction in global health
This episode launches Season 5 of Global Health Matters, which will explore the future of global health. In a time of turbulence, transition and transformation, we need diverse voices to help shape wh...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: Strong on the Access to Pathogen Information, Non-Binding on The Sharing of Benefits - Bureau of Intergovernmental Working Group Comes Up with Negotiating Text

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October 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Gates Foundation skews global health agenda after US retreat, study says
World Health Organization’s priorities tilted by reliance on charitable foundation, according to research
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October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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According to some aid heavyweights, the sector has been doing a bad job communicating its value. Whether that would have helped avoid the upheavals of recent years is an open question.
Did the aid sector really screw up its communications strategy?
Did the aid sector really screw up its communications strategy?
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October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Pharma Industry Throws its Hat in the Ring: Wants to be "Expert" to Inform Talks on Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing, Sends Letter to IGWG; Some Countries Pushing to Keep Stakeholders Out

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October 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Who can take advantage of the DSA’s protections for researchers? Daphne Keller considers three categories: academics who receive access to internal platform data, the broader class of researchers who may use publicly available data, and researchers whose data collection is not covered by the DSA.
Determining Which Researchers Can Collect Public Data Under the DSA | TechPolicy.Press
The DSA opens important opportunities for researchers collecting publicly available data, but leaves key questions unresolved, writes Daphne Keller.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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For @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social, I had the opportunity to summarize six months of reporting on the threats to the global HIV response through the lens of the situation in three different countries: genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/the-story-...
The Story of the Unfolding HIV Crises As Seen in Three Countries: Uganda, Thailand and Malawi [GROUND REPORT]
Newsletter Edition #309 [The Files In-Depth]
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October 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Chinese drugmakers shift from copycats to global innovators
Reforms, faster development and lower costs have turbocharged growth
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October 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: Strong on the Access to Pathogen Information, Non-Binding on The Sharing of Benefits - Bureau of Intergovernmental Working Group Comes Up with Negotiating Text

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October 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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The Global Fund Briefing: The Impact of the Funding Cuts on the Fight Against AIDS, TB and Malaria

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October 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Israel must allow UN to provide aid in Gaza, says ICJ on.ft.com/3IX8Myv
Israel must allow UN to provide aid in Gaza, says ICJ
Advisory opinion from top court follows de facto ban on UNRWA operating in devastated strip
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October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM