#AccessToMedicines
How do #patents affect #AccessToMedicines?

On 🗓️6 November, 16:00–17:30 CET, we invite patient advocates to a dedicated 🖥️webinar on the role of patents in shaping the availability of medicines.

Register here➡️ events.zoom.us/ev/ApxG1qgYa...

#MakingAccessHappen #DiCE @mepsagainstcancer.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The new Access to Medicines Index was published last week. Which pharmaceutical companies are taking action to improve access to products in LMICs? Novartis, GSK, Sanofi top the list. But worrying trends. See accesstomedicinefoundation.org #MedSky #Globalhealth #AccesstoMedicines
November 25, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Wonderful interview on RTE Drivetime yesterday with my friend Colm Galligan, parent to Chloe who has PKU - #HTA process for Enzyme Replacement Therapy for #PKU in Ireland.

Please take the time to listen.

#LivedExperience #AccessToMedicines
#HTA #PKUIreland #Hope

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Campaign for new drug for rare genetic disorder called PKU
Back in May, we spoke to Dr Colm Calligan, the father of Chloe Calligan, a 9 year old girl with a rare genetic disorder called PKU. There is currently no cure and despite recommendations, Ireland's he...
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December 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM
💊A diagnosis shouldn’t be a death sentence, but too often, it is.

Tune in as I take you through streets of India meeting doctors, activists, scientists & patients fighting for the right to health in the videocast #AccessDenied.

#AccessToMedicines #PeopleOverProfit

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Access Denied Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by Working Group on Access to Medicines - India
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February 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
🧭 MPP’s Board & observers met in Geneva this week. Grateful for their expertise and guidance 🙏 — and proud of our team’s professionalism and commitment to impact 💼🌍

#GlobalHealth #MPP #AccessToMedicines
May 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
From substandard medicines to political challenges, the path to #HealthEquity is complex. The side event underscored the importance of resilient health systems, political will, and international solidarity in advancing Health Equity for #accesstomedicines and #SRHRs.
June 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚨 After 22 child deaths, the cough syrup factory was sealed, owner arrested.

But this is déjà vu.

Each crisis spurs reaction, not reform.

❓How many more times will the cycle repeat 💔

@indiatodaynews24.bsky.social @who.int
#GlobalHealth #DrugSafety #ChildHealth #AccessToMedicines

📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
Toxic Cough Syrup, Weak Oversight: India’s Unending Drug Safety Crisis - Health Policy Watch
At least 22 children have died in India this month after consuming a contaminated cough syrup found to contain nearly 45% diethylene glycol (DEG), a toxic
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October 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
#Accesstomedicines & reproductive rights #SRHR are non-negotiable for #healthequity.
Join South Centre & Permanent Mission of Brazil for a discussion at the 59th Human Rights Council #HRC59 on how to secure #HealthForAll.
Mark your calendars! 🗓️
23 June 2025 | 12:00 | Palais des Nations
June 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
👇 Podcast: Reflecting on the deadly impact of US global health funding cuts incl stopping people's #AccessToMedicines, I talk about the root causes of #access dependency and why pharmaceutical self-reliance for public health purpose is a strategic priority.

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Rethinking Global Health, Aid Funding and HIV Response
Make Medicines Affordable · Episode
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July 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
With 🇹🇳 #AORTIC2025 now wrapped up, we want to thank everyone who joined our #MythBuster game at the Medicines Patent Pool booth!

#Oncology professionals, researchers, policymakers, and advocates shared powerful insights about the realities of #cancercare in LMICs.

#AccessToMedicines #HealthEquity
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🌍 🤝 We just signed an MOU with #Vizuri Health Dynamics and @medicinespatentpool.org! This partnership will focus on understanding the African pharmaceutical sector, leveraging networks, and fostering product adoption. Exciting times ahead.

#AccessToMedicines #LocalProduction #HealthInnovation
May 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"We strongly recommend lifelong maintenance of Phe ≤360 μmol/L for optimal intellectual outcomes and for reduced teratogenicity, utilizing all available and necessary dietary, pharmaceutical, and patient-educational modalities"

#PKU #AccessToMedicines

www.gimjournal.org/article/S109...
Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency diagnosis and management: A 2023 evidence-based clinical guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)
To replace an existing clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency.
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December 5, 2024 at 12:27 AM
If you work on drug pricing, #publichealth, vaccines, #accesstomedicines or #pharmaceutical policies, let me know.
November 10, 2024 at 2:03 PM
By any reading of the #TPP #IPR chapter, there can be no doubt about it. #AccessToMedicines

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December 26, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Voluntary licenses: Do they REALLY improve access to meds? Othoman Mellouk weighs in.

Tune in to our latest episode of #MakeMedicinesAffordable to find out 👉

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#IP #AccessToMedicines @omellouk.bsky.social
Access to Medicines and Voluntary Licensing Explained
Make Medicines Affordable · Episode
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March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Aisling McMahon, ‘Patents, access to health and COVID-19 – The role of compulsory and government-use licensing in Ireland’ (2020) 71(3) NILQ 331

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#patents #COVID-19 #compulsorylicensing #accesstomedicines #Ireland
March 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ISOPP Contributes to Global Health Policy

@isopporg.bsky.social Advocacy supports the 25th WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines report. www.isopp.org/article/isop...
#ISOPP #EssentialMedicines #WHO #OncologyPharmacy #GlobalHealth #AccessToMedicines
August 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wat zeggen politieke partijen over de betaalbaarheid en beschikbaarheid van medicijnen? 🤔

Wij bekeken hun programma's. Lees wat zij zeggen: www.wemos.org/politieke-pa...

#verkiezingen #TK2025 #medicijnenvooriedereen #AccessToMedicines #GlobalHealth
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
(5/5) ⏰⏰⏰ We need to talk more about access to asthma medication, and access to treatment for NCDs as a whole. ⏰⏰⏰

#AsthmaCrisis #AccessToMedicines #NCDs
November 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Metastatic breast cancer patients in Scotland have been denied access to the targeted drug capivasertib for NHS use. We urge the SMC and the manufacturer to resolve issues quickly so this life-extending treatment becomes available to everyone who could benefit. #AccessToMedicines
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A look back at our symposium on improving #AccessToMedicines earlier this month

It was a great pleasure to host so many distinguished experts – we look forward to continuing the discussion and fostering collaboration to improve health worldwide.
Swiss TPH Symposium: Improving Access to Healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
Access to drugs, diagnostics and vaccines remains a challenge in many in low- and middle-income countries. On 8 February 2024, Swiss TPH hosted a symposium b...
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February 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Having reliable access to safe, affordable medicines 💊 is essential for everyone.

We are urging policymakers to prioritise these issues and encourage manufacturers to produce the medicines in demand.

➡️ www.sandoz.com/makingaccess...

#AccessToMedicines #HealthEquity @helloeacr.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM