Access to Medicines Director @Public_Citizen, Board @MedsPatentPool, public interest IP lawyer, songwriter under Creative Commons. See: citizen.org/access
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12 Feb 2025
WHO confirmed today that CDC has stopped sharing flu surveillance data through WHO platforms.
The U.S. is facing its most intense flu season in 15 years and is grappling with bird flu.
Trump’s recklessness is already risking the health of Americans and people worldwide.
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Vax investment should be transparent, especially access terms. CEPI committed $50m to Moderna for Ebola, but has not published the terms. CEPI “should be judged above all by its access mission, because that distinguishes it from a conventional innovation fund.” In @TheLancet :
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“We encourage CEPI to strengthen & disclose terms relevant for equity, including licensing, step-in rights, supply, price; to adopt broader formal LMIC and civil-society participation in oversight … and to support systematically regional manufacturing ecosystems.
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“Access requirements are now spreading among research funders, who are convening to discuss how to coordinate their policies to grantees …
“Access provisions will spread more rapidly if public … & can then act as a baseline from which funders collectively raise”expectations
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We spoke w/ WSJ’s @caroline__kimeu for this excellent piece about African states standing up to Trump’s extractive deals.
"Public Citizen has sued the State Department in an effort to force release of the details. The federal suit is pending.”
wsj.com/world/africa/trump-w…
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"… The Trump administration has kept details of the proposed agreements—and even signed accords—secret, although some apparent drafts have circulated online.”
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We also are working with African & global experts to support countries speaking up about unfair terms. Countries need these health agreements after the cuts. But that doesn't mean we accept Trump’s extractivism or his efforts to divide & conquer the partners of the United States.
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The clock is ticking on these funds.
The $600 million Congress appropriated for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, expires September 30.
Rubio claims State is "reengaging", but that's not disbursement.
Children don't get vaccinated by a reengagement process. Release the funds now.
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CMS Admin Dr. Oz repeats unsubstantiated claims of the savings Trump's drug pricing plans have achieved at White House presser today. Don't just repeat their claim. More info here: citizen.org/article/white-ho…
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We are suing Trump’s State Dept to compel release of its “America First” health deals with developing nations.
Their strategy: divide & conquer the partners of the United States.
Ours: get the docs, tell the truth about what State expects, or extracts, from nations in return.
We are suing the State Department for failing to disclose health agreements with several African nations.
The government missed its FOIA deadline.
This secrecy doesn't just impact the public's right to know how the government is approaching assistance.
It may cost lives.
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Peter Maybarduk retweeted
Trump's pharma tariffs: most companies are exempt in return for weak deals on pricing and manufacturing. In the few cases where drug companies aren’t exempted from the tariffs, the results could be higher medication prices for American patients.
citizen.org/news/trumps-medi…
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I’ll be speaking about lenacapavir at UCLA alongside LEN’s foundational researcher, Wesley Sondquist, and AHF
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A breakthrough only matters if people can access it.
Lenacapavir is a promising new tool for HIV prevention — but its impact will depend on access, affordability, and sustained global commitment.
Join AHF’s Saba Sadat alongside Wesley Sundquist and Peter Maybarduk for a conversation on turning scientific progress into equitable access.
🗓 April 4 | 1:15–2:45 PM PT
📍 UCLA NRB Auditorium
Moderated by Cassidy Parshall
At the Universities Allied for Essential Medicines North American Conference 2026 @Public_Citizen
👉 Register here to attend: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/pe…
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Peter Maybarduk retweeted
Public Citizen To Push Compulsory Licensing If Pfizer Withholds Drugs From France ow.ly/KQCx106vGI3
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Mar 10
Get a load of this S#$%:
Pfizer's CEO said European nations must pay even more for medicines or risk losing their supply.
Does he want to hold drugs hostage at the expense of human lives to make a little more money?
Pfizer must end this threat & take accountability for its high drug prices!
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We wrote Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla to ask where he gets off threatening to withhold drugs from countries that need them.
“ Americans pay too much for drugs. But that is not France’s fault, or responsibility. It is yours.”
Americans aren’t going bankrupt from cancer b/c Europeans get the same meds for less. They are going broke so pharma CEOs can get their multi-million $ paydays, & they are going broke so pharma can enrich shareholders.
citizen.org/news/pfizer-cann…
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Fortunately, every country has the right to override the patent monopoly and authorize generics, if Big Pharma moves this way.
Not selling your patented product is called a working failure. It’s a classic use case for a compulsory license.
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Americans aren’t going bankrupt from cancer b/c Europeans get the same meds for less. They are going broke so pharma CEOs can get their multi-million $ paydays, & they are going broke so pharma can enrich shareholders.
citizen.org/news/pfizer-cann…
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