The latest news across UAEM regions.
Decolonizing Indigenous health starts at universities. What needs to change at the U15?
Indigenous health is a Canadian public health crisis. Universities hold a pivotal position in advancing Indigenous health, but do they make the most of it? Our newly released report at Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM), the 2023 Canadian Global Health Grades, suggests that the U15 are falling short.
Canadian U15 Universities ignore access to medicines.
May 1st, 2023 — MONTRÉAL, Q.C.—Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) has published its 2023 Canadian University Report Card: Global Equity in Biomedical Research. U15 universities averaged a “D” overall. This is marginally higher than the average in the recent 2020 US UAEM University Report Card, where US institutions averaged a “D-.”
UC Berkeley Releases New Affordable Access Plan
April 25, BERKELEY, CA — The University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), has released and posted a new License agreement template that includes affordable access plan (AAP) provisions for health technologies developed by university researchers. The agreement language has been used previously by the university and is designed to require eventual licensees to create an actionable plan to ensure health technologies are accessible to people in low- and middle-income countries, and to address major inequities in communities across the United States.
Johns Hopkins News-Letter: The FDA needs to enforce clinical transparency
Growing up, we thought the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was the gold standard for drug regulation and new medical treatments. However, recently, we’ve realized otherwise.
Amid increasing distrust of scientific institutions, a 2021 study by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that, when it comes to public health, nearly half of Americans don’t trust institutions such as the FDA, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While this study documented low levels of public trust in governmental health organizations during the pandemic, skepticism in the time of COVID-19 was influenced by preexisting distrust of public health recommendations.
Media Advisory: U15 gets a “D”
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is releasing its follow-up to the 2017 Canadian University Report Card: Global Equity in Biomedical Research on May 1st, the new, 2023 Canadian University Report Card: Global Equity in Biomedical Research. This report card analyzes the Canadian U15 universities’ biomedical research and development (R&D) policies, practices, and performance through the lens of university policies, practices, and performance effects on health across the globe.
Debunking Pharma Myths with Rudy Rivera
Activists from UAEM North America talk with Rudy Rivera about Debunking Pharma myths, and what it means to fight for access to medicines on your campus.
UAEM North America Announces new Executive Director: Justin Mendoza
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, North America (UAEM) announced today that it had appointed Justin Mendoza, MPH, the new executive director for the organization.
FDA Has Neglected Clinical Trial Transparency — Plus $45 Billion in Fines
The FDA recently requested $7.2 billion for its 2024 budget -- an increase of $372 million from 2023. However, missing from that request is urgently-needed support for FDA enforcement of clinical trial transparency, despite thousands (and counting) of trials not reporting results as required by law.
Opinion piece in MedPage Today by Megan Curtin, Navya Dasari, and Justin Mendoza, MPH
Eli Lilly & Co. Price Drop
Washington, DC - Following the announcement that Eli Lilly & Co. will be lowering the price and costs of insulin for consumers, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) issued the following statement.
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