Medicijnontwikkeling: Medicijnonderzoek wordt vaak betaald met publiek geld. Nederland en Europa hebben nu de kans om te bepalen dat gesubsidieerde medicijnen te allen tijde betaalbaar worden voor wie...

I’m in Geneva this week and next, and Brussels on Monday. The WIPO General Assembly meets this week. A two week WHO negotiation on an Annex to the Pandemic Agreement on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sha...

MPP licence agreements’ aim is to make safe, effective and affordable essential medicines available in low- and middle-income countries.

Introduction Millions of people lack access to safe and effective pharmaceuticals because they are unaffordable or unavailable, particularly in ‘developing’ and ‘least-developed’ countries (DCs, LDCs)...

The United States officially left the World Health Organization on Thursday after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health in the U.S. and globally, saying its decision reflected fail...

Pharmaceutical companies seek to make up any lost revenue after striking deals with Donald Trump to lower costs in US

David Mitchell, who helped launch Patients for Affordable Drugs to raise awareness of high drug prices and seek to bring them down, died at age 75.

Centre on Knowledge GovernanceLaunch Event and Reception Wednesday 3 December 2025, 6.00pm - 9.30pm, including receptionAuditorium A-2, Petal 2, Graduate Institute, Chem. Eugène-Rigot 2, 1202 Genèv...

The World Health Organization on Monday issued its first guideline on the use of GLP-1 therapies for obesity, conditionally recommending them as part of long-term treatment for the condition, which af...

With drastic reductions in health aid threatening essential services and millions of lives, WHO issues new guidance for countries to safeguard health budgets, limit out-of-pocket payments, and mobilis...

The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with

Failure to prevent the rise and spread of infections in conflict zones imperils health security everywhere

Experts say millions in corporate funding and concealment of donors’ identities raises key conflict-of-interest concerns

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...

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.

The White House has quietly dropped the World Trade Organization from a list of $4.9 billion in foreign aid cuts announced last Friday after the move sparked concern among lawmakers, trade groups and the head of the global trade body.

Mag een farmaceutisch bedrijf buitensporige prijzen voor medicijnen vragen en daarmee het Nederlandse zorgstelsel op onnodig hoge kosten jagen?

The move is the latest escalation in the White House’s battle with the Ivy League school.

Decision could hamper global co-operation for future health crises

Charity’s chief ‘appalled and deeply disturbed’ by FT reporting on consultancy’s involvement

Farmacie: Het reumamedicijn Humira werd lange tijd voor een hoge prijs verkocht. Was die prijs ook buitensporig hoog?

An overview of important issues in the global governance of pandemics as well as important reforms recommended by international panels.

On Thursday, 22 May 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) will convene a side event entitled, “Workplan for WHO and member states to improve the Transparency of the Value Chain for Biomedical Pr...

The new rules will ensure that the EU will be able to secure the necessary supply of crisis-relevant products and technologies that are otherwise protected by patents.