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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
4 Feb 2025
A must read: Abolishing USAID Is Both Unconstitutional and Disastrous
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/04…
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
New on #USAID: First, in @ForeignPolicy our piece on illegality of abolishing USAID. To be clear-eyed: This is neither good policy nor legal under the most basic elements of U.S. law and the Constitution.
w @abinader
And you can also read our memo...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/04…
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
4 Feb 2025
🛑Closing down USAID is illegal.
📜It's an independent agency with authorities legislated by Congress.
⚠️The president has no legal authority to abolish or move it under the State Department unilaterally
Strong analysis by @MMKavanagh & @abinader.
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bit.ly/4i2jeAH
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
6 Nov 2024
👉MPP’s Expert Advisory Group meet in Geneva to provide critical guidance on our work. This group of experts in regulatory, IP law, public health, R&D, and more play a vital role in helping expand access to essential medicines worldwide. 🌍💊#AccessToMedicines
ALT The Expert Advisory Group and the MPP team
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
Excited to be meeting our 2025 @GeorgetownLaw health law LL.M. with @oneillinstitute in person! Thanks also to our amazing alumni for giving back to our new students. #HoyaHealthLawya!
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
26 Jul 2024
Mylan’s legal fees for patent litigation:
2012: $46,158,403
2013: $38,211,911
2014: $38,618,993
If you want to launch a generic or biosimilar, be prepared to sink tens of millions of $ into legal fees to cut through patent thickets.
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RT @ellenthoen: Good @TheLancet piece on the Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation’s @StichtingFTV legal case against @abbvie for its ex…
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
In 2019, Kamala Harris proposed the use of march-in rights to bring down drug prices.
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
3 Jun 2024
Students in my clinic—the Science, Health & Information Clinic @ColumbiaLaw—represented @EFF in this motion, as part of a long-running partnership to protect the public's right to access evidence & arguments in patent & other "tech law" cases.
Next stop: the Federal Circuit!
We’re appealing a court order to fight for greater transparency in patent disputes. eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/ef…
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
30 May 2024
📰The US is nearing an agreement to bankroll a late-stage trial of Moderna’s mRNA pandemic bird flu vaccine.
💉It would be good to understand what, if any, access provisions are included in this deal.
Important @FT story. Thanks for breaking it @mroliverbarnes.
ft.com/content/fad59eb1-2f34…
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
23 May 2024
.@moderna_tx tried to extract a huge price for its #COVID-19 #vaccine from the South African government at the height of the pandemic, according to the local NGO @HealthJusticeIn, in revelations made public this week.
✍ @kerrycullinan11
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
21 May 2024
Comments accepted until July 22! Make your voice heard!
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Professor @rai_arti on march-in rights.
WATCH | Today at 10AM: Prof. Arti Rai (@rai_arti), a patent law and policy expert, is speaking at the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s hearing on “Ensuring Affordable & Accessible Medications: Examining Competition in the Prescription Drug Market.”
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Interesting to see South African government officials citing the WHA transparency resolution to advocate against secrecy during their negotiations with Pfizer.
International norms can either deprive or empower government officials with more leverage to protect public interests.
Today we join @HealthJusticeIn in report showing Moderna & Pfizer wielded unprecedented power in COVID-19 negotiations w South Africa. The SA govt tried to include transparency, supply commitment, etc to realize its obligations under SA and Intl law. Was blocked by monopoly power
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
Today we join @HealthJusticeIn in report showing Moderna & Pfizer wielded unprecedented power in COVID-19 negotiations w South Africa. The SA govt tried to include transparency, supply commitment, etc to realize its obligations under SA and Intl law. Was blocked by monopoly power
21 May 2024
Breaking:⏰📢
'Groundbreaking Access to Documents Show Pharma Giants Bullied SA in Covid-19 Vaccine Negotiations'
Records & Analysis “The Negotiations, One Sided-Part 2’’ with @Public_Citizen @oneillinstitute is publicly available at:
healthjusticeinitiative.org.…
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
21 May 2024
Breaking:⏰📢
'Groundbreaking Access to Documents Show Pharma Giants Bullied SA in Covid-19 Vaccine Negotiations'
Records & Analysis “The Negotiations, One Sided-Part 2’’ with @Public_Citizen @oneillinstitute is publicly available at:
healthjusticeinitiative.org.…
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15 May 2024
Sanctions for Non Disclosure, as Set Out in Article 6 of the @WIPO Basic Proposal on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Should Include Possible Revocation of a Patent infojustice.org/archives/457… Timely piece by @jamie_love and @clairecassedy
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
7 May 2024
Documents: New pandemic deal texts circulated ahead of Fridayʼs deadline pro.politico.eu/news/179589
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
30 Apr 2024
1. One way pharma companies block competition and inflate the cost of medicines is by filing bogus patent listings.
Today @FTC challenged over 300 junk patent listings, including for blockbuster weight-loss & type 2 diabetes drugs Ozempic and Victoza.
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Luis Gil Abinader, @abinader.bsky.social retweeted
The top 20 pharma companies by 2023 revenue fiercepharma.com/pharma/top-…
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