Ellen 't Hoen

Goed stuk van @ellaweggen.bsky.social waarin ze uitlegt waarom voorwaarden aan publieks financiering van medicijn onderzoek toegang tot medicijnen kan verbeteren: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Here is the solution to the stalled WHO PABS negotiations, needed to clear the last roadblock to ratification and entering into force of the Pandemic Agreement. @jamielove.bsky.social www.keionline.org/41368

This morning at the opening session of the 6th session of the WHO PABS negotiations we supported this proposal made by @keiwashdc.bsky.social #pandemicagreement

On the Occasion of the #G7 Summit An Open Letter to the Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS & All Nations On finalizing the Pathogen Access & Benefit-Sharing annex of the WHO Pandemic Agreement ⬇️ @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social President of #Brazil Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus DG of @who.int

FT Exclusive: Four months after its establishment, the organisation’s financial fund set up by the World Bank has received no money from donors, according to four people familiar with the matter. ft.trib.al/LQLpKfw

This is an interesting new @medicinespatentpool.org licence. Generic manufacturers, anywhere in the world, interested in producing baloxavir marboxil should contact the MPP through its expression of interest portal: medicinespatentpool.org/partners/how...

Our blog on the state of play in the @who.int PABS negotiations. medicineslawandpolicy.org/2026/05/worl...

📢 Maak #geengeheim van mijn medicijn. @ellenthoen.bsky.social is expert patentrecht en directeur van @medslawpolicy.bsky.social. Zij ondertekende de open brief aan de regering en Tweede Kamer voor meer transparantie in de farma-sector. ✍ Lees en onderteken de brief op www.wemos.org/geengeheim.

When the @who.int Executive Board discusses agenda item 14 on the draft updated global action plan on antimicrobial resistance (perhaps tomorrow), VMAT may crop up as a point of contention. @who.int #EB158

Just out: our overview of over two decades of the use of TRIPS flexibilities to access medicines in BMJ Global Health gh.bmj.com/content/11/1...

Met dank aan @wemos.org om mij hierbij te betrekken. Transparantie is de basis van een democratische samenleving en het vertrouwen in de instituties en bedrijven die er actief zijn. Dat geldt ook voor de farmaceutische industrie.

Meanwhile: US has now left the @who.int “The U.S. flag had been removed from outside the WHO headquarters in Geneva on Thursday, according to witnesses.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

New Oxfam Inequality report just dropped: Billionaire wealth has grown by 80% since 2020. The world’s 12 richest billionaires have more wealth than the poorest half of humanity. Elon Musk is the first ever person to have over half a trillion dollars wealth.

US pharma threaten to withhold products from Europe over prices giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Nice tribute to David Mitchell, a US drug pricing advocate who recently passed away. @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/d...

Apparently non-State actors in official relations and relevant stakeholders are not welcome (physically) at the resumed session of #IGWG4 in January 2026: "Please also note that Relevant Stakeholders are invited to participate in the meeting virtually."

Here is my end of the year blog with a highly biased listing of noteworthy medicines law and policy events of 2025: medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/12/wrap...

I am looking forward to being part of the launch event of the Centre on Knowledge Governance tonight at the @gvagrad.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“Transitioning to self-reliance sounds good but what is happening today is not a transition. It is a shock to the system of which the most vulnerable will carry the brunt”, says @ellenthoen.bsky.social in a new @thelancet.com here:

France is killing it - net price transparency now, ammendment tabled and adopted ! @healthlawadamh.bsky.social @mattherder.bsky.social

Fully support this morning’s statement by @theindpanel.bsky.social at the #PABS talks at the WHO. It relates to the news broken by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social that the US is seeking access to pathogen information in exchange for health funding. healthpolicy-watch.news/exclusive-us...

on.ft.com/493t0RL War is pushing us to a drug resistance tipping point by @gardp.bsky.social

Last chance to register for the Amsterdam Medicines Justice Conference. registration closes tomorrow: www.aanmelder.nl/medicinesjus...

Meanwhile on the dark side:

The @wto.org just published its 2025 World Trade Report on trade and AI to the benefit for all: www.wto.org/english/res_...

Because “contraception is not life-saving” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Next week, at the @who.int the second meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) tasked with negotiating the PABS Instrument will take place. We just published this brief on the subject: medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/09/who-...

The WHO Foundation should clean up its act. And so should member states by supporting the @who.int with core financing. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

GLP-1 drugs have been on the Medicines Patent Pool priority list for a while. Time for the companies to come forward now @who.int labeled them essential @thirugeneva.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org

Here is our blog on the new WHO Essential Medicines List : medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/09/trea...

Here you can find the new Model lists of Essential Medicines.

The WHO just published its new Model List of Essential Medicines list. Pleased to see cystic fibrosis meds included. Thanks to the great work of the Right to Breathe campaign. However, Vertex's high prices will continue to be a barrier. www.righttobreathe.net/post/a-huge-...

Not sure that this will do a great deal for increasing confidence in vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/09/03/p...

💊💰 In een opiniestuk voor @zorgvisie.bsky.social betoogt @ellaweggen.bsky.social van Wemos dat de overheid nu eindelijk grenzen moet stellen aan prijzen van nieuwe medicijnen. Buitensporige medicijnprijzen verdringen andere belangrijke zorg. Lees: www.zorgvisie.nl/blog/opinie-...

Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation is recruiting: www.pharmaceuticalaccountability.org/2025/08/07/p...

This should be an interesting panel on voluntary licensing and socially responsible licensing by academia. English/Spanish translation will be available.

on.ft.com/4m1YquY US rejects World Health Organization pandemic response measures (this refers to the amendements to the International Health Regulations)

Save the Children suspends BCG partnership over Gaza work https://on.ft.com/40JPe67

Naar verwachting doet morgen de rechtbank uitspraak ik de zaak die de Stichting Farma Ter Verantwoording heeft aangespannen tegen AbbVie vanwege een te hoge prijs voor het medicijn Humira (adalimumab). www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

He is a danger to the world’s children’s health www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...

As if high medicines prices and inequitable access is not an issue in the EU ….

I just published a brief blog on the USFDA's approval of long-acting lenacapavir for #PrEP and the potential to end HIV: medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/06/fda-...

Just out: the latest @gvagrad-ghc.bsky.social Snapshots on the @who.int Pandemic Agreement with my contribution on the Agreement's provisions for technology transfer. www.governingpandemics.org/gp-snapshot

Featuring Dr. Anban Pillay, Michelle Childs, Roz Scourse, Jaume Vidal, and James Love. Moderated by Dr Tido von Schoen-Angerer. #WHA78 @keiwashdc.bsky.social

The EU has agreed to an EU-wide mechanism for compulsory licensing to access technologies needed in crisis situations. Ironically, a day after the WHO pandemic agreement was adopted during which negotiations the EU objected vigorously to non-voluntary measures. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

🔎💊💰 Out now: our joint report with @hai-org.bsky.social on the status of implementation of WHA resolution 72.8 on #transparency of pharmaceutical markets. What have countries done or not done & what are good practices they can learn from? ➡️ Read the report: www.wemos.org/transparency... #WHA78

"The draft text of the WHO Pandemic Agreement1 is submitted to the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly for adoption in accordance with Article 19 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization," (1/2) #WHA78 #PandemicAccord @who.int @jamielove.bsky.social @ellenthoen.bsky.social