WHO Expert Working Group on R&D Financing (EWG)
WHO website on the EWG NEWS: The EWG secretariat has released a draft evaluation framework, evaluation criteria and the inventory of financing proposals. The EWG is accepting public comments through...
View ArticleKEI Comments to EWG 2nd Web-based Public Hearing: Defending the Status Quo,...
On Saturday, KEI filed comments with the WHO EWG's 2nd web based hearing. Our comments focused on the criteria for new proposals.read more
View ArticleLetter to WHO on the Essential Medicines List
March 2, 2007 Secretary of the Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines (2007)Department of Medicines Policy and Standards (PSM)Health Technology & PharmaceuticalsWorld...
View ArticleThe Right to Development Criteria, applied to TDR and the Global Fund
For several years, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has been working on mechanisms to implement a 1986 UN Resolution on the "Right to Development." To this end, the HRC has created a Working Group on...
View ArticleSpeech of Mike Foster, UK Minister for International Development at launch of...
On October 12, 2009, the "Industry Government Forum on Access to Medicines" (IGFAM) was launched. The UK Minister for International Development, MP Mike Foster made a a speech to launch this initiative...
View ArticleKEI Statement on UNITAID Decision to Approve Creation of a Patent Pool for...
On Monday, December 14, the UNITAID board passed a resolution to establish a Patent Pool for AIDS medicines. The decision caped a dramatic debate on the proposal, which had been before UNITAID since...
View ArticleCan the U.S. realistically honor commitments to fund treatment for AIDS in...
Yes 14% (54 votes) No 86% (334 votes) Total votes: 388
View ArticleOpen Letter to the WHO EB from Cecilia López Montaño, EWG member
The following is a letter sent by Cecilia López Montaño, a member of the WHO Expert Working Group on R&D Financing to the WHO Executive Board:Bogotá. Colombia. January 15th 2010 Dear members of the...
View ArticleDec 9, 2009 Wikileaks documents related to the WHO EWG
On December 9, 2009, Wikileaks posted five sensitive documents related to the WHO Expert Working Group (EWG) on R&D Financing:a non-public draft report of the WHO EWGa non-public Comparative...
View ArticleWhy is there resistance to prize funds?
I was recently asked the following question:Jamie What is your view on the treatment of prize funds? By all standards it is treated as a radical off the wall proposal when in fact it is market based....
View ArticleKEI comments on Tibotec voluntary licenses of a new HIV-AIDS product
Today, Tibotec, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, announced it has signed voluntary licensing agreements with several Indian and South African generic companies to allow generic competition on a...
View ArticleCivil Society on transparency, public health in TPPA; 28 Senators call for...
On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, eight civil society organizations submitted joint comments and recommendations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).read more
View ArticleHepatitis C
KEI Documents and commentary regarding Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) related issuesJuly 18, 2014. "Non-voluntary use of patents for drugs to treat the Hepatitis C Virus in the United States: Mechanisms...
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