The International Debate on Generic Medicines of Biological Origin
The debate on generic medicines is not new. What makes it different today is that attacks levelled against biological products are couched in ever more “technical” and abstruse language that confuses even the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO Advice: Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance
The Value Added of the United Nations General Assembly High–Level Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance
In September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York held a dedicated meeting to muster strong political commitment for an effective global response to the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). As a result, a High-Level Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance was adopted.
G77 and China highlights priorities for tackling AMR
ReACT Conference Identifies Challenges and Actions to Tackle AMR in Africa
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of September 2017.
World leaders urged to act on ‘post-antibiotic apocalypse’ by chief medical officer
Alarm as ‘super malaria’ spreads in South East Asia
World running out of antibiotics, says WHO in new reports
Title: The Elaboration of a Legally Binding Instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises
Date: Monday, 18 September 2017
Venue: UN Headquarters, New York
Organizers: The South Centre, Permanent Missions of Ecuador and South Africa to the United Nations in New York
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of August 2017.
Growing impetus to making AMR an integral issue in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
