July 21, 2021|Access to Medicines, COVID-19Pfizer-BioNTech Fill and Finish Deal with Biovac in South Africa Is the Latest Step in Pharma’s Campaign to Convince the World the Status Quo is Good EnoughStatement from Brook Baker, Senior Policy Analyst, Health GAP, regarding the COVID-19 vaccine agreement announced today between Pfizer, BioNTech, and Biovac: “This is a far cry from actual technology transfer to allow independent manufacture of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics in…
June 3, 2021|Access to Medicines, COVID-19March & Vigil Calling for Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines Held at Western Countries’ UN Missions in New York City Free the Vaccine Activists Remember Those Around the World Lost to COVID-19, and Called for Rich Nations to #EndVaccineApartheid via WTO TRIPS Waiver (New York, NY) — Dozens of New York activists gathered this evening outside Pfizer World Headquarters…
May 5, 2021|Access to Medicines, COVID-19Statement in Response to USTR Announcement that the U.S. Will Support Waiving Intellectual Property Protections for COVID-19 VaccinesHealth GAP Executive Director Asia Russell said: “As HIV activists, we know that activism and global solidarity can change the trajectory of a pandemic. Today’s announcement shows that the Biden administration is feeling the pressure built over many months of…
April 14, 2021|Access to Medicines, COVID-19FORMER HEADS OF STATE AND NOBEL LAUREATES CALL ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO WAIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RULES FOR COVID VACCINESMore than 170 former heads of state and government and Nobel laureates, including former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown, former President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of France…
March 11, 2021|Access to Medicines, COVID-19“People Over Profit” Rallies Push Pharmaceutical Companies to Commit to Equitable Global Vaccine DistributionActivists gathered across U.S. calling for lower-income countries ravaged by COVID-19 to get immediate access to lifesaving vaccines NEW YORK, N.Y. –– Today, activists gathered at rallies in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia as part…
February 26, 2021|Access to Medicines, COVID-19Hundreds of Prominent US Civil Society Organizations Call on Pres. Biden to Stop Blocking COVID-19 WTO Waiver to Boost Vaccines, Treatments WorldwideMSF, Oxfam, Partners In Health, Human Rights Watch, Public Citizen, MoveOn, Indivisible, Unions, Faith Groups, Citizens Trade Campaign, Health GAP, and More Urge U.S. Support for Waiver at March 1-2 WTO General Council WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. consumer, faith, health,…
February 24, 2021|Access to Medicines, COVID-19Biden’s USTR Must Stop Obstructing Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines by Supporting the TRIPS Waiver Proposal Led by South Africa and IndiaOn the same day as a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Council on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Council) in Geneva, where the Biden administration was explicitly opposing a proposal from South Africa and India, with…
February 3, 2021|Access to Medicines, COVID-19As COVAX Falls Short, Biden Administration Continues to Block Efforts to Scale-Up Global COVID-19 Vaccine Supply As COVAX Falls Short, Biden Administration Continues to Block Efforts to Scale-up Global COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Biden Administration Must Break from Failed Trump Policies and Drop Opposition to South Africa-led Request to Expand Global Access to Vaccines As…
January 20, 2021|Access to Medicines, COVID-19Statement From Health GAP on the Biden Administration’s Day One Global Health ActionsMatthew Rose, Health GAP Director of U.S. Policy and Advocacy, said: “In this moment of global health crisis, it’s fitting that President Joseph R. Biden has made reengaging with the World Health Organization (WHO) one of his first acts as…
July 9, 2020|Access to Medicines, COVID-19Biden’s Commitment to Global Sharing of COVID-19 Vaccine Technology is a Step in the Right Direction, Must be Followed by Concrete Plans to Dismantle Dangerous Healthcare NationalismIn a conversation with healthcare activist Ady Barkan, Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. president, committed to sharing COVID-19 vaccine technologies and ensuring patents do not stand in the way of other countries accessing life-saving vaccines…
