More Than Half Of People With HIV Now Have Access To Treatment, UNAIDS Says

20/07/2017 William New

For the first time, more than half of people in the world living with HIV have access to treatment, UNAIDS said in a report released today in Geneva. In addition, AIDS-related deaths have been nearly cut in half since 2005, it said. As of 2016, nearly 20 million people were living with HIV. Continue reading ->

Medicines Patent Pool Nets WHO’s Kieny As New Chair

03/07/2017 Catherine Saez

Marie-Paule Kieny, fresh out of the World Health Organization, where she held the position of assistant director general for Health Systems and Innovation, will be the new chair of the Medicines Patent Pool, as of 1 September. Continue reading ->

Major Research Funders, Institutions Pledge Transparency In Clinical Trials

18/05/2017 William New

More transparency on clinical trials is expected after major research funders, research institutions, and international health groups agreed that the research they fund or support will publicly release results of clinical trials. Continue reading ->

New Industry Alliance Aimed At Antimicrobial Resistance

18/05/2017 Catherine Saez

Pharmaceutical industry representatives today announced a new alliance to fight antimicrobial resistance. The announcement came during a meeting of the private sector of the most advanced countries. Continue reading ->

WHO Touts Its Past Work On Improving Access To Medicines

11/05/2017 Elise De Geyter

The World Health Organization today published an item entitled, Access to medicines: making market forces serve the poor, a chapter from its report ‘Ten years in public health 2007-2017’ of outgoing WHO Director General Margaret Chan. Continue reading ->

WHO Project To Prequalify Biosimilar Cancer Medicines Aims At Increased Affordability

04/05/2017 Catherine Saez

The World Health Organization announced today that it will launch a pilot project in 2017 for prequalifying cancer biosimilar medicines, with the intent of lowering prices on some of the most expensive cancer treatments. Continue reading ->