Universities Allied for Essential Medicines UWA

UAEM encourages universities take more responsibility in ensuring global health by implementing humanitarian policies and procedures.

UAEM encourages universities to take more responsibility for their research by adopting humanitarian policies and procedures

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The World Health Organization estimates that 10 million people die every year, mostly in developing countries because they’re unable to access existing drugs and vaccines. Several factors impede access to the medicines that exist, chief among them being the cost

. Generic competition is the most effective means to lower the price of medicines. For example, the price of antiretroviral therapy for HIV dropped from more than $10,000 per patient per year in 2001 to under $100 today. Unfortunately, generic drug production for people in poor countries has been harmed by trade agreements and laws that impede generic companies from producing affordable drugs. Millions die because competition cannot take place, and pharmaceutical companies wind up having exclusive rights to vital medicines. As many of these life-saving drugs are developed in campus laboratories and with public funds, universities wield substantial leverage when they license their drugs to pharmaceutical companies. That means you as a student or academic have the opportunity to save lives without even leaving your campus! UAEM proposes a simple solution: when a university licenses a promising new drug candidate to a pharmaceutical company, it should require that the company allow the drug to be made available in poor countries at the lowest possible cost. This would have virtually no financial impact on the company or university, but would ultimately result in increased access to essential medicines and many saved lives. The Global Access Licensing Framework (GALF) is UAEM’s set of guidelines that each campus technology transfer office can use to draft their own policy to ensure global access to university developed biomedical innovations. The main goals laid out in the document are:
- Access to medicines and health-related technologies for all is the primary purpose of technology transfer of health-related innovations
- Technology transfer should preserve future innovation by ensuring that intellectual property does not act as a barrier to further research. To learn more and join the UWA UAEM chapter, please email us at [email protected]

09/09/2014

MEDIA POSITION OPEN!

Hi guys, we're looking for an outgoing, enthusiastic person to take up a Media position with UAEM UWA. This position involves managing Facebook (including posts and responding to messages) and developing media documents for future use This position is not time-intensive and will be great for someone looking to dip their toe in club activities!

Please e-mail [email protected] for more information!

05/08/2014

Hey guys, if you didn't manage to drop by our club carnival stall today please fb or email us ([email protected]) if you'd like to join up to the mailing list! :D We'll be emailing out an introduction info packs and details about our first meeting this semester, so it's a great opportunity to get to know UAEM better

04/08/2014

We've hit our 100 likes milestone! Thanks to everyone for supporting us!

02/11/2011

Tonight is the night! Join us at 6pm, Fox Lecture Theatre for a great documentary and then FREE PIZZA!!!

TRIAGE : Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma

16/10/2011

I hope everyone can come along to this movie tomorrow night! We will also show the preview to They Go To Die that UAEM UWA will be showing next week.

TRIAGE : Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/triage The act of triage is the ultimate humanitarian nightmare. Racing against time with limited resources, relief workers ma...

13/09/2011

Hey All - we are having a meeting tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday 14/09) to discuss our first event! Please come along! It is 5-6pm in Arts room G.27 at UWA (right near where the peacocks hang out...)

26/08/2011

doodle for meeting next week http://doodle.com/648snhxna78qftkh

Doodle: week 5 UAEM meeting Doodle helps scheduling meetings and other appointments. Doodle is simple, quick, free and requires no registration. Simply set up a poll, send a link to all participants, watch progress online, and finally choose the most suitable date.

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines - UBC chapter

22/08/2011

University of British Columbia UAEM is our partner chapter! Check out their website (http://ubc-uaem.org) and get excited!

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines - UBC chapter Our labs. Our drugs. Our responsibility.

To Universities and Students: Step Up | Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment

17/08/2011

UAEM Yale chapter leader Jared Augustine beautifully explains the fundamentals of access licensing in this blog post.

To Universities and Students: Step Up | Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment Access to medicines is a huge issue; it is estimated that 10 million lives could be saved annually if access to already existing drugs was improved. That’s the entire population of the D.C. metro area. Twice. Every year.

14/08/2011

We are going to meet on Wednesday (17/8) at 12:00pm at the Science Cafe. Everyone who is interested is welcome to come along.

09/08/2011

First meeting in Semester 2, please vote at http://doodle.com/hkq4ttrrg7vadhgg
There are many things to discuss!

Doodle: UAEM meeting Doodle helps scheduling meetings and other appointments. Doodle is simple, quick, free and requires no registration. Simply set up a poll, send a link to all participants, watch progress online, and finally choose the most suitable date.

07/08/2011

We got affiliated to the Guild!

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