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Accelerating pooled licensing of medicines to enhance global production and equitable access
8 July 2022 - From October to November, 2021, the pharmaceutical firms Merck and Pfizer licensed their new COVID-19 oral antiviral ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2022
Patient reported outcome assessment must be inclusive and equitable
5 May 2022 - Patient reported outcomes are increasingly collected in clinical trials and in routine clinical practice, but strategies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2022
Vaccine approval before Phase 3 trial results: a consequence of vaccine access inequity
2 March 2022 - The final Phase 3 clinical data for CanSino Biologics' adenovirus type 5 vector vaccine show that Ad5-nCoV ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2021
Booster shots ‘make a mockery of vaccine equity,’ the WHO’s Africa director says
19 August 2021 - The Africa director at the World Health Organization, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, criticized the decisions by some ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2020
COVID-19 vaccines: time to talk about the uncertainties
20 October 2020 - Plan now for decisions on which vaccines should go to whom, when and how often. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2020
Remdesivir: US purchase of world stocks sparks new “hunger games,” warn observers
3 July 2020 - The US has bought up almost all the world’s supply of the antiviral drug remdesivir in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2020
The equitable distribution of COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines
7 May 2020 - Scientists from across the globe are racing to develop effective vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2019
The $2.1 million question: what are the medical, ethical implications of the world's priciest drug?
10 June 2019 - With last month’s FDA approval, Zolgensma became the world’s most expensive medication. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2018
Mission possible: moving the needle forward to advance health equity
26 April 2018 - Every April our country observes National Minority Health Month to spotlight what we’re doing to eliminate health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2016
Accelerated drug approval and health inequality
5 July 2016 - This Viewpoint argues that the acceleration of the drug approval process could unequally distribute the costs and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2016
Accelerated drug approval and health inequality
13 June 2016 - This viewpoint argues that the acceleration of the drug approval process could unequally distribute the costs and ...