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A Tribute: Dr. Mongkol Na Songkhla – Putting Health Before Trade
We join our partner in Thailand, and activists around the world, to pay tribute to Dr. Mongkol Na Songkhla, a...
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Thailand submits patent opposition on TB drug for children
Johnson & Johnson’s TB drug, bedaquiline (BDQ) can improve lives. The pediatric version is not substantially different to the adult...
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“Training the next generation of treatment activists in Central America”
“Only around half of people living with HIV across Central America have access to life-saving treatment. The picture when it...
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Vietnam’s route to optimal, affordable HIV treatment
Following civil society advice, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health recommended TLD for HIV treatment. This was back in November 2019. Vietnam...
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OPINION: Breaking a ‘vicious cycle’ of overpaying for HIV drugs in Ukraine
“In November 2020, Ukraine finally shifted from the overpriced branded version of darunavir (DRV) to the more affordable generic version of...
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HIV activists are essential to the COVID-19 response
The legacy of HIV activism is approaching a 40-year history, one which is inextricably linked with the actions of pharmaceutical...
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COVID-19 vaccine announcements: Our view
Following on from the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine announcement earlier this month, where we expressed cautious optimism, but also the...
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Who will get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine?
BioNTech and Pfizer have announced today that their vaccine candidate has, so far, been found to be more than 90%...
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Russian government advised – “issue compulsory license to make generic COVID-19 drug available”
First civil society, and now a generic drug company, have asked the Russian government to issue a compulsory license on...
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Andrei: “The church and HIV treatment activism go hand-in-hand”
Interviewed by Gemma Taylor. “I’m never apart from this book, it’s what inspires me,” says Andrei, 44, a black leather...
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TB: 9 patent oppositions against J&Js overpriced drugs
1.2 million lives were lost to TB last year. The reduction in TB deaths annually is slow, and even these...
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COVID-19 & TB: Why whether you live or die is a matter of justice, not science
Johnson & Johnson, a brand built on images of happy gurgling babies and the tagline ‘no more tears’, has the...