Inside Health Policy talked to Mark Cuban about the distribution of generic versions of Xtandi, if CMS allows generic manufacturers to the federal government's 35 USC 202(c)(4) royalty free right in the patents for federal programs.

New law and policy portal with library of laws launched by ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ ⁦O'Neill Institute⁩ to advance implementation of the Global health and care workers compact who.int/news/item/04-0…

Thiru on the status of #INB9 .

WTO has failed. It took years. But now eminently clear that the WTO is not capable of responding during a pandemic, securing rapid sharing of technology & global production of medical countermeasures.
Knowledge sharing/IP issue must shift to World Health Organization (WHO).
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There have been recent calls for World Health Organization (WHO) to declare Climate Change a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?

Is this legally possible?

My answer in Opinio Juris today:

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By Dennis Crouch:

Broad Bayh-Dole March-In Licensing Rights Affirmed in Alzheimer’s Mouse Patent Dispute.

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Listen to our new podcast episode featuring James Diggans! James Diggans

Research funders must join the fight for equal access to medicines nature.com/articles/d4158…

Germany and Namibia, co-facilitators of the Summit of the Future, released the 'Pact for the Future Zero Draft' on Friday after informal consultations last December. The Zero Draft includes a few mentions of technology transfer 'on mutually agreed terms.'

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Addie giving me a really good example about how stakeholders sets the agenda.

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) announced 4 informal hybrid meetings, indicating #PandemicAccord negotiations will resume next week.

There's no signal they will be open to actors beyond Member States.

Hope this means progress on getting to 'yes' by May.

In MedPage Today, Lawrence Gostin and Sarah Wetter share their analysis of the major cases on the Supreme Court's docket for 2024.

Read: bit.ly/42ai5jq

Some World Health Organization (WHO) history made at #EB154 today, as Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus just noted: 1) First female World Health Organization (WHO)EMRO Regional Director; 2) First World Health Organization (WHO)WPRO Regional Director from a Pacific nation; and 3) First time a woman is passing the baton to another woman as World Health Organization (WHO)SEARO Regional-Director.

As part of Margherita Melillo, PhD's book launch, our esteemed panelists, Tom Bollyky, Oscar A. Cabrera, Sam Halabi, and Dr Alexandra Phelan, facilitated an engaging discussion on using evidence to advance and resist tobacco control measures.