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ellenthoen.bsky.social
Ellen 't Hoen
@ellenthoen.bsky.social
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X-Twitter refugee looking for a safer place. I spend most of my time working on access to medicines and intellectual property at www.medicineslawandpolicy.org. If not, I cook.
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · 19d
Meanwhile on the dark side:
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · 21d
The @wto.org just published its 2025 World Trade Report on trade and AI to the benefit for all: www.wto.org/english/res_...
www.wto.org
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · 26d
Because “contraception is not life-saving” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
www.nytimes.com
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · 28d
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-...
WHO Members meet to finalise the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing Instrument | Medicines Law & Policy
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · 28d
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...
Alarm as WHO accepts increasing amount of dark money from corporate donors
Experts say millions in corporate funding and concealment of donors’ identities raises key conflict-of-interest concerns
www.theguardian.com
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Sep 6
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
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Peter Singer @petersinger.bsky.social · Sep 6
On Sept 5th, @who.int listed GLP-1 drugs on its Essential Medicines List. This listing covers about 75% of the 2.1 m lives saved per year in the lower estimate of the model David Brook and I developed. See the details on the screenshot below from our preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Sep 5
Here is our blog on the new WHO Essential Medicines List : medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/09/trea...
Treatment for cystic fibrosis added to Essential Medicines List by the World Health Organization: A victory for campaigners, though prices still ‘toxic’ | Medicines Law & Policy
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Sep 5
Here you can find the new Model lists of Essential Medicines.
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · Sep 5
WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated editions of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc), adding new treatments for various ...
www.who.int
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Sep 5
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-...
A huge turning point: CF medicine’s Trikafta/Kaftrio added to WHO Essential Medicines List
Today marks a historic breakthrough in the fight for global access to lifesaving cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment.The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially added elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacafto...
www.righttobreathe.net
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Sep 4
Not sure that this will do a great deal for increasing confidence in vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/09/03/p...
Pfizer’s CEO defends Covid vaccines, suggests Trump may deserve a Nobel Peace Prize
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla defended the development of Covid vaccines and suggested President Trump may deserve a Nobel Peace Prize because of Operation Warp Speed.
www.statnews.com
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · Sep 4
White House drops World Trade Organization from list of funding cuts
The White House has quietly dropped the World Trade Organization from a list of $4.9 billion in foreign aid cuts announced last Friday after the move sparked concern among lawmakers, trade groups and the head of the global trade body.
www.reuters.com
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Wemos @wemos.org · Aug 19
💊💰 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-...
Opinie | Overheid moet grenzen stellen aan medicijnprijzen - Zorgvisie
Mag een farmaceutisch bedrijf buitensporige prijzen voor medicijnen vragen en daarmee het Nederlandse zorgstelsel op onnodig hoge kosten jagen?
www.zorgvisie.nl
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Aug 12
Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation is recruiting: www.pharmaceuticalaccountability.org/2025/08/07/p...
PAF is Recruiting: Database Assistant. Apply by 20 August. | The Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation
www.pharmaceuticalaccountability.org
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · Aug 9
Trump Administration Threatens to Take Over Harvard’s Patents
The move is the latest escalation in the White House’s battle with the Ivy League school.
www.wsj.com
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Jul 25
This should be an interesting panel on voluntary licensing and socially responsible licensing by academia. English/Spanish translation will be available.
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Innovarte ONG @innovarte-ong.bsky.social · Jul 18
Mesa Redonda: Licenciamiento Voluntario y Socialmente Responsable desde las Universidades.
Exploraremos cómo las universidades pueden impulsar una transferencia tecnológica más equitativa mediante licencias voluntarias con enfoque social.
Link para inscripción previa
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Jul 19
on.ft.com/4m1YquY US rejects World Health Organization pandemic response measures (this refers to the amendements to the International Health Regulations)
US rejects World Health Organization pandemic response measures
Decision could hamper global co-operation for future health crises
on.ft.com
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Jul 8
They keep trying....
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Jul 8
Days like this it is hard to be a proud European.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jul 8
Save the Children suspends BCG partnership over Gaza work https://on.ft.com/40JPe67
Save the Children suspends BCG partnership over Gaza work
Charity’s chief ‘appalled and deeply disturbed’ by FT reporting on consultancy’s involvement
on.ft.com
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Jul 8
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/...
Is een duur medicijn een schending van mensenrechten? Woensdag spreekt de rechter zich daarover uit
Farmacie: Het reumamedicijn Humira werd lange tijd voor een hoge prijs verkocht. Was die prijs ook buitensporig hoog?
www.nrc.nl
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Jun 26
He is a danger to the world’s children’s health www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Jun 25
As if high medicines prices and inequitable access is not an issue in the EU ….
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · Jun 24
Today at the Human Rights Council informal, the European Union asked to delete PP35 in the draft right to health resolution because it presented a "distorted view" of access barriers. @arianna-s.bsky.social @hai-org.bsky.social @ellenthoen.bsky.social @wemos.org
"PP35 Seriously concerned about the high prices of some health products and the inequitable access within and among States, as well as the financial hardships associated with high prices, which continue to impede progress towards achieving universal health coverage for all,"
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Jun 19
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-...
FDA approval of injectable lenacapavir for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) opens the road to ending HIV | Medicines Law & Policy
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Jun 13
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
GOVERNING PANDEMICS SNAPSHOT | Governing Pandemics
An overview of important issues in the global governance of pandemics as well as important reforms recommended by international panels.
www.governingpandemics.org
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · May 22
This is what desperation does I guess.
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