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@IP-Watch 2.0 – Independent, international news on innovation, information and intellectual property policy. Stay tuned for a re-launch in early 2020.

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@HealthPolicyW piece on the #global action plan for #healthylives and well being for all with comments from @alexjacobharris @wellcometrust!

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Final text calls on member states to: "Take appropriate measures to publicly share information on the net prices ...of health products;" #WHA72 #WHO

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In closing remarks @DrTedros congratulated #WHA72 for adopting “a landmark agreement to enhance the transparency of pricing for medicine products. “

https://t.co/nB1nIRiY2S #WHO @WHO @DrTedros #access2medicines #AccessToMedicines

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"Each year, 100 million people fall into poverty because they have to pay for #medicines out-of-pocket" - @WHO Statement today: https://t.co/bfyNqr4WDK #WHA72 #WHO #AccessToHealth #AccessToMedicine

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Medicines Pricing Is Dangling Issue at #WHA72 – Delegates In 11th Hour Negotiations Over @WHO Draft Resolution https://t.co/KjV9SFakm1

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The draft is close to finalisation following protracted weekend negotiations: https://t.co/oVzubZIzwz #WHA72 #WHO

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Secrecy of R&D Costs Remains Issue in #WHA72 #TransparencyResolution. https://t.co/5dffS1I03S #access2meds #accesstomedicines @WHO @IFPMA @mariangelasimao @DanielaBagozzi @MSF_Access @KEI_DC @SenSanders

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“It is a compromise but that is the nature of negotiation. It is better than no resolution at all”

After widespread opposition, delegates said support was building for voluntary disclosure of “inputs across the value chain”: https://t.co/iLb6oDfu0P

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The international press attention and social media uproar has been unsettling to health delegations unaccustomed to having technical debates around #WHA72 resolutions be the focus of close scrutiny and aggressive tweeting: https://t.co/1rDG4z4AHW

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#WHA72 nears agreement on softer #TransparencyResolution for #medicines prices. https://t.co/iLb6oDfu0P #access2meds #accesstomedicines

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.@SuerieMoon of @IHEID examines the evidence behind the debate over whether greater #transparency of medicines markets can really help reduce prices. https://t.co/0HS84g758T #TransparencyResolution #WHA72 @WHO @GHC_IHEID @HarvardChanSPH

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Little progress over #TransparencyResolution to increase #accesstomedicines at #WHA72; Negotiators behind closed doors. https://t.co/YsWLdKEP1t @WHO @MSF_access

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Secrecy was the watchword today as countries huddled behind closed doors trying to reach agreement on a #WHA72 resolution that would shed more sunshine on the real prices of medicines: https://t.co/ZlHkuvjhqp #WHO #AccessToMedicines

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.@jamie_love of @KEI_DC shares his view on "How #transparency of the costs of clinical trials will improve policy making." #TransparencyResolution #WHA72 #accesstomedicines #pharma @WHO @kei_europe https://t.co/VcZKRFNi1j

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#WHA72 approves first-ever strategy on #Health, #Environment and #ClimateChange. https://t.co/SVKSEDearP #ClimateAction #BreatheLife

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Country co-sponsors tabled the #TransparencyResolution at #WHA72 today, riddled with comments and caveats, and a “drafting group” was urgently formed to find ways to move forward on a compromise text. @WHO #accesstomedicines #Pharma https://t.co/p79lJJ72Vl