The Emory chapter has done amazing work this past school year to move forward the cause of access to medicines. Working closely with their university administration, they helped bring about the adoption of Global Access Guiding Principles which emphasize the importance of access for Emory-discovered innovations. The principles can be accessed here: http://www.ott.emory.edu/For_Inventors/Policies/Emory%20Global%20Access%20Principles.pdf.
Following […]

August 5, 2008
Contact: Sam Houshower
Phone: 415.686.8520
Email: houshower [at] berkeley [dot] edu
For Immediate Release
UAEM Urges Universities to Support UNITAID Patent Pool
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) applauds the decision of the UNITAID Executive Board to move toward establishing a patent pool for medicines to provide patients in low and middle income countries with increased access to […]

April 28, 2008
Contact: Ethan Guillen, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
ethan.guillen@essentialmedicine.org
Eminent Academics: IGWG Delegates Should Explore New Mechanisms to Correct Current Deficiencies in Medicine System
Today eminent academics including Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Sir John Sulston and Dr. Jim Kim of Partners in Health and Harvard University called on World Health Organization delegates to the Intergovernmental […]

This morning, the World Health Organization Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG) resumed its negotiations in Geneva. UAEM is represented by Ethan Guillen, Executive Director, and Sara Crager, a UAEM member and MD/PhD from Yale University. Throughout the week we will be posting regarding the goings on.
The IGWG […]