As the leader in academic research and technology transfer, the UC system can do much to increase access to essential medicines

Berkeley, CA - Nearly 1,000 students, faculty and staff from seven of the ten University of California campuses demonstrated their support of global access licensing of UC-developed medicines by signing letters to UC President Mark Yudof that were delivered to his office by UAEM students last week. In these letters, members of the University of California community asked President Yudof to implement a global access policy to make the products of UC research available to those in the developing world. Such a policy would ensure that every relevant university technology is licensed as part of an effective and transparent strategy to make affordable versions available in quantity to those in most desperate need. During this effort students were also giving presentations to the UC Regents on the issue of access to essential medicines and meeting with representatives from the UC Office of the President. If you would like to learn more or sign an electronic copy of the letter please follow the links below:

To send a letter: http://www.essentialmedicine.org/uc/
For more information: http://www.essentialmedicine.org/chapters/california/yudofbackground/