An earler version of this was posted to ip-health. —– As the #TransparencyResolution finally moves onto the #WHA72 agenda, I would like to offer a few comments on the process. We have copies of six versions of the negotiating text,… Continue Reading
See https://keionline.org/transparency for links to research materials and blogs. Background Memo on Transparency Norms 2019. February 18. Note prepared for WHA negotiations on transparency resolution Examples of SEC disclosures Negotiating texts for WHA 72, on transparency. February 1, 2019. Draft… Continue Reading
Perhaps the toughest issue in the 72nd World Health Assembly negotiations on a WHO transparency resolution concerns the proposal to require public reporting of the costs of each clinical trial undertaken for development of drugs, vaccines, cell- and gene-therapies and… Continue Reading
On Monday, 20 May 2019, the Republic of Korea, Italy, Costa Rica, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Vietnam convened an official side event at the 72nd session of the World Health… Continue Reading
Politico has published a copy of the new draft of the World Health Assembly (WHA) transparency resolution. WHA-Resolution_DRAFT_20-05-2019 The Politico account cites the disclosure of clinical trial costs as one area for transparency that is strongly opposed by some governments,… Continue Reading
On Monday, May 13th, Politico published the latest version (May 10, 2019) of the transparency resolution noting the “dizzying number of brackets” in the latest text. The original sponsors are: Italy, Greece, Malaysia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey,… Continue Reading
In advance of the 72nd World Health Assembly (20 May 2019 – 28 May 2019), the World Health Organization (WHO) published a document (A72/INF./5, 9 May 2019) entitled, Voluntary contributions by fund and by contributor, 2018. Total voluntary contributions to… Continue Reading
DATE: Thursday May 9, 2019 RE: Civil Society Open Letter Regarding Harmful Changes to WHA Transparency Resolution 9 May 2019 – Today more than 100 civil society organizations and health experts sent an open letter to World Health Organization (WHO)… Continue Reading
At the May 7 informal, countries from Northern Europe with strong pharma industry lobbies proposed dozens of changes in the transparency resolution to make it weaker and in many cases confusing and meaningless. This table compares the two texts: Dif-April29-May7-WHA-Transparency-Resolution… Continue Reading
On Monday May 6, 2019, KEI gave the following intervention during the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Listening Session in advance of the Seventy-second World Health Assembly to be held in Geneva on May 20-28, 2019. KEI Statement… Continue Reading