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🎙️ Mark Heywood & Tracy Swan unpack what made HIV activism so powerful, what’s changed since & why the world urgently needs a revitalized movement that is led by communities and people most affected.

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July 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🎙️ Mark Heywood & Tracy Swan unpack what made HIV activism so powerful, what’s changed since & why the world urgently needs a revitalized movement that is led by communities and people most affected.

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Building Power from the Bottom: The Urgency of a New HIV Activism
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July 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
✊Activists demand Gilead drop barriers to $40/year lenacapavir, a 6-monthly HIV prevention shot.

Blocking access in 26 countries with rising HIV rates is unacceptable.

PrEP must be affordable & available to all.

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Activists Demand $40-a-year Generic Price for Breakthrough HIV Prevention Drug be Made Available to all Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Make Medicines Affordable
A global coalition reacted to two deals announced today to make long acting lenacapavir (LEN-LA), a 6 monthly HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) injection that provides virtually 100% protection agai...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
✊💊Victory for access to medicines in Thailand! 🇹🇭 Civil society has defeated J&J's evergreening patents on Bedaquiline, opening the door to affordable MDR-TB treatment. A global precedent in the fight for health equity.

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Ever-greening Patents – a Common Trick of Big Pharma, and Access to MDR TB Drug in Thailand - Make Medicines Affordable
After long efforts, patent applications are rejected and there is now no patent barrier to Bedaquiline in Thailand. It allows the country to import generic Bedaquiline at affordable price and provide ...
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May 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Voluntary licenses: Do they REALLY improve access to meds? Othoman Mellouk weighs in.

Tune in to our latest episode of #MakeMedicinesAffordable to find out 👉

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Access to Medicines and Voluntary Licensing Explained
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March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
ABIA is challenging pharma monopolies & winning.

By opposing key patents, they’re helping cut costs on HIV & TB meds in Brazil.

Big progress for affordability & access.

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July 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚨 We demand urgent action: Expand the $40 lenacapavir price to all LMICs, not just those chosen by Gilead. Use TRIPS flexibilities, support local generics, & fund universal, not selective, access.

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September 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🎙️ How is AI reshaping healthcare, drug development & access to medicines and what risks & opportunities does it bring?

In this #MakeMedicinesAffordable podcast, Tracy Swan talks to WHO advisor Rohit Malpani👉 open.spotify.com/episode/48WI...
September 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Health must come before profit ✊

Governments must strengthen the UN Political Declaration on NCDs. Ignoring the affordability crisis & IP barriers keeps life-saving medicines out of reach.

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UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs: Declaration Without Affordability Is Just Empty Words - Make Medicines Affordable
The Make Medicines Affordable campaign, an initiative of ITPC Global, is urging governments to strengthen the upcoming UN Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) to guarantee access t...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Vietnam has revoked most of J&J’s patent claims on the TB drug bedaquiline which is a major win for affordable treatment and against patent evergreening. J&J has 90 days to appeal. Lives must come before profits.

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MMA Partner Celebrates Milestone in Opposing Evergreening of TB Drug Patents in Vietnam - Make Medicines Affordable
Make Medicines Affordable (MMA) campaign and its partner Vietnam’s Network of People Living With HIV (VNP+), are celebrating a partial invalidation of Janssen Pharmaceutical’s (J&J) attempts to extend...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🎙️New episode out now!

📌The impact of aid cuts on #HIV services & local communities

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The Impact of Aid Cuts on HIV Services and Local Communities
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May 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
From confronting 30 years of TRIPS impact to honoring the legacy of fearless activists, this year’s summit in Marrakech brought powerful voices together to challenge injustice and reimagine access to medicines.

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GSIPA2M 2025 Highlights - ITPC Global
From confronting 30 years of TRIPS impact to honoring the legacy of fearless activists, this year’s summit in Marrakech brought powerful voices together to challenge injustice and reimagine access to ...
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May 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
⚡Kenya’s ratification of the #UAE trade deal includes TRIPS-plus rules that could delay affordable generics, weaken local production & hike medicine costs, impacting the right to health.

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January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM