To date, 9 Nobel prize winners have signed the Philadelphia Consensus Statement which calls on universities to take action by adopting policies that:
• Promote equal access to research.
• Promote research and development for neglected diseases.
• Measure research success according to impact on human welfare.
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UAEM is prominently featured on the Lancet Student in advance of the Week of Action, March 24. Check out the post at http://www.thelancetstudent.com/2008/03/20/access-to-essential-medicines-and-the-role-of-us-universities/.

Writing on the occassion of thee BIO conference in Boston and professor Jim Kim’s National Day of Action address at Harvard, the Globe highlighted UAEM’s proposals as one of the key ways to ensure that new biotechnology advances are “not just for the rich.” The full text of the editorial is after the jump.
Other prominent […]

As the fight for affordable AIDS treatment comes to a head around the world, with litigation in India, a showdown in Thailand, and heated debate in the U.S. Congress, UAEM’s growing national student movement erupted on nearly 50 campuses, demanding universities recognize their own role in the access crisis. Students at almost 50 top […]