Press releases
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Opportunity to transform medical innovation before health ministers
65th World Health Assembly to debate binding convention on R&D Geneva, 21 May 2012 – The world’s health ministers, gathering in Geneva for the World Health Assembly this week, will...
Last updated 21 May 2012
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New global vaccine strategy glosses over basic immunisation gaps
Niger 2009 © Olivier Asselin Geneva/New York, 15 May 2012 —A new, ten-year, multi-billion dollar action plan for global vaccination may fail to deliver if it does not directly address...
Last updated 15 May 2012
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Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases: What is Still Missing
LONDON, 30 January 2012 – The Gates Foundation-hosted conference held in London today, ‘Uniting To Combat Tropical Diseases’, draws attention to devastating tropical illnesses...
Last updated 30 January 2012
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G20 Leaders Should Bail Out Global Health With a Financial Transaction Tax
DRC 2011 © Gwenn Dubourthmieu Geneva, 31 October 2011 – The financial transaction tax (FTT), due to be discussed at this week’s G20 Summit in Cannes, could help...
Last updated 31 October 2011
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First patent goes into the Medicines Patent Pool - drug companies must now follow suit
First patent goes into the Medicines Patent Pool - drug companies must now follow suit Geneva/New York, 30 September 2010 – The U.S. National Institutes of Health announced today it will license...
Last updated 30 September 2010
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Any new financial transaction tax must dedicate a proportion of its funds to health
Brussels, 6 September 2010 -- As Finance Ministers from the European Union gather in Brussels for a formal meeting to discuss the establishment of an EU-wide financial transaction tax, international...
Last updated 6 September 2010
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MSF calls on drug companies to pool HIV patents
New York/London, 30 September 2009 – The international medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on nine of the world's largest pharmaceutical...
Last updated 30 September 2009
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Optimise now, or pay more later…Sub-optimal treatment threatens long-term survival of people living with HIV/AIDS
Cape Town – 20 July 2009 – The stagnation of HIV/AIDS funding and the high cost of new medicines put the lives of thousands of poor patients at risk. Patients needing new drug regimens will...
Last updated 20 July 2009
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MSF welcomes UNITAID's patent pool endorsement
Geneva 9th July 2008 - International humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the decision by UNITAID’s Executive Board to take further steps towards...
Last updated 9 July 2008
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The Fight Against Chagas: Time to Focus on Patients
MSF calls on endemic countries to diagnose and treat Chagas patients and demands more research and development of new medicines, rapid diagnosis tests and cure tests Madrid, 9 July 2009 - This year,...
Last updated 9 July 2009
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