News Link n. 29

 

The news links are part of the research project GESPAM (Geopolitica, Salute Pubblica e Accesso alle Medicine/Geopolitics, Public Health and Access to Medicines), which aims to focus on the best options for the use of trade and government rules related to public health by resource-limited countries.

 

News Link 29

TOP 10 GLOBAL HEALTH MILESTONES OF 2012  http://psiimpact.com/top-10-global-health-milestones-of-2012/

Ricerca scientifica: non è sufficiente dire Bad Pharma  http://www.saluteinternazionale.info/2012/12/ricerca-scientifica-non-e-sufficiente-dire-bad-pharma/

Ambassador Goosby Named Head Of State Department’s New Office of Global Health Diplomacy  http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/December/17/GH-121712-Goosby-Diplomacy-Office.aspx 

The Office of Global Health Diplomacy: A Christmas Miracle or Lump of Coal?  http://blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2012/12/the-office-of-global-health-diplomacy-a-christmas-miracle-or-lump-of-coal.php 

Susan Rice withdraws for secretary of state  https://www.devex.com/en/news/79958/print

The U.S. Role in Global Polio Eradication http://csis.org/publication/us-role-global-polio-eradication

Science put at heart of US global AIDS strategy  http://www.scidev.net/en/health/hiv-aids/news/science-put-at-heart-of-us-global-aids-strategy.html

US Chamber Holds Annual IP Attaché Roundtable, Announces New “IP Index”  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25409&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

KEI notes on the 15th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations in Auckland, New Zealand  http://www.keionline.org/node/1617

The MDGs: Where Does Nutrition Fit? http://www.developmenthorizons.com/2012/12/the-mdgs-where-does-nutrition-fit.html

Future of Agriculture: Online Discussion blog  http://blogs.oxfam.org/en/future-of-agriculture 

FAO: Poor Countries Must Invest in Farming to Tackle Hunger http://ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/151477/

Analysis: Five reasons malnutrition still kills in Nepal http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97046/Analysis-Five-reasons-malnutrition-still-kills-in-Nepal 

Waiting For Customs And Trademark Reforms, EU Rights Owners Get “Proactive” Against Fakes  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25321&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Howard Berman Unveils Landmark Foreign Assistance Reform Legislation  http://www.democrats.foreignaffairs.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=1010

Finally, a 2013 EU budget https://www.devex.com/en/news/79950/print

EU to join efforts with the World Bank to develop water and energy in Central Asia  http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-1402_en.htm?locale=en

European Unitary Patent And Court Becomes Reality  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25258&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Dispatch From Sweden: Development Talks, Gender Equality, and the Nobels http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/dispatch-from-sweden-development-talks-gender-equality-and-the-nobels

SHIFTS IN AIDS RELIEF AND BEYOND  http://www.usglc.org/2012/12/13/shifts-in-aids-relief-and-beyond/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENCOURAGES MEMBER STATES TO PLAN, PURSUE TRANSITION OF NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS  TOWARDS UNIVERSAL COVERAGE  http://pnhp.org/blog/2012/12/13/united-nations-passes-resolution-supporting-universal-coverage/  

The Ongoing Fight for Safety, Equality, and Health  http://www.intrahealth.org/page/the-ongoing-fight-for-safety-equality-and-health

OP-ED: Women Out Loud  http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/op-ed-women-out-loud/

80 Programs to Improve the Health and Lives of Women in the Developing World http://www.impatientoptimists.org/en/Posts/2012/12/An-Explosion-of-Private-Sector-Innovation-Improving-Maternal-Newborn-and-Child-Health-in-Developing-World

How Big Pharma Prevents The Poor From Accessing Life-Saving Medicines  http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/12/15/1336081/how-big-pharma-prevents-the-poor-from-accessing-life-saving-medicines/?mobile=nc 

Will innovative financing replace ODA?   https://www.devex.com/en/news/79995/print 

The year of cataclysm for the NHS http://www.nhscampaign.org/NHS-reforms/nhs-2012-review.html  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fondi in calo per le malattie neglette: un panorama frammentato da riordinare

 

 La Ricerca e Sviluppo (R&S) di nuovi strumenti diagnostici e terapeutici per le malattie neglette legate alla povertà (PRMN) è in sofferenza per la sensibile tendenza al ribasso dei finanziamenti

 

Fondi in calo per le malattie neglette: un panorama frammentato da riordinare

Daniele Dionisio

 

Come appena riferito da Policy Cures  “…Con 3 miliardi di dollari destinati nel 2011, i fondi per la ricerca globale nel settore superano oggi di circa 440 milioni di dollari gli stanziamenti del 2007, ma sono inferiori ai fondi del 2009, e simili a quelli del 2010…”€  [1, 2]

Questa stagnazione è preoccupante se si pensa che le PRMN (fra cui, ma non solo, AIDS, morbillo, polio, dengue, polmoniti, malaria, tubercolosi, malattia del sonno, leishmaniosi, diarree) insieme causano 5 milioni di morti all’€™anno nei paesi a basso reddito, dove 3 miliardi di persone sopravvivono con meno di 2 dollari al giorno  e le medicine salvavita protette dai brevetti sono fuori portata, mentre regole del commercio e governi stanno stravolgendo i diritti di proprietà intellettuale a favore di politiche allineate a interessi di monopolio [3-5]

Tutto questo in un momento in cui la assenza di una agenda operativa condivisa su scala mondiale rende ragione di un quadro generale decisamente frammentato, con sovrapposizione e duplicazione di iniziative.

In questo contesto, l’€™impegno dell’€™Unione Europea (UE) in R&S per PRMN  non è distribuito uniformemente fra gli Stati Membri, rappresenta solo lo 0.0024% del PIL combinato UE, e manca di adeguata condivisione con tutti i partners [6].

La UE dovrebbe coordinarsi e collaborare strettamente con le iniziative dei partners, non ultima la Roadmap appena lanciata dall’ Unione Africana sulla Responsabilità  Condivisa e Solidarietà  Globale per la Risposta ad AIDS, Tubercolosi e Malaria in Africa [7]

Ed è auspicabile una collaborazione più stretta della UE con il Fondo Globale per la Lotta ad AIDS, Tubercolosi e Malaria per compattare le forze in questi tempi di recessione economica globale [8].

Ma è altresì necessaria più aperta collaborazione UE con l’€™OMS circa i modelli e le fonti che l’€™OMS ha indicato e  sta esaminando per l’€™ottimale finanziamento di R&S per le malattie della povertà  [9]. Nel merito ben si presterebbero parte dei proventi (almeno il 10%) da  una Tassa sulle Transazioni Finanziarie oggi prossima all’€™attuazione in UE [10]  .

Nel frattempo gli Stati Uniti continuano a detenere un ruolo leader nella R&S per PRMN, anche attraverso le alleanze politico-strategiche che l’€™amministrazione Obama sta moltipicando negli scacchieri di Asia-Pacifico e Africa [11-14]

E questo mentre la spesa estera in R&S per PRMN da parte dei BRICS (Brasile, Russia, India, Cina, Sud Africa), soprattutto in termini di cooperazione Sud-Sud, è in lievitante ascesa, e gli Stati del Golfo, Turchia, Indonesia, Argentina, Messico e Corea del Sud sono protesi allo sviluppo di tecnologie per la salute in grado di coniugare innovazione, qualità  e basso costo [15, 16].

Riordinare questo panorama altamente frammentato è obiettivo prioritario se la R&S per PRMN deve fare di più e meglio. Allo scopo, sostegno generalizzato a OMS  e una agenda di lavoro comune per la condivisione delle priorità , senza dispersioni e ridondanze, sono assolutamente necessari.

 

RIFERIMENTI

1. http://www.policycures.org/downloads/GF2012_Report.pdf

2.  http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/r-d-funding-for-neglected-diseases-failing-.html

3. http://www.action.org/documents/CALL_TO_EU_LEADERSHIP_ON_GLOBAL_HEALTH_RD.pdf

4. http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/A61/A61_R21-en.pdf 

5. http://www.msfaccess.org/content/acta-and-its-impact-access-medicines 

6. http://www.dsw-online.org/fileadmin/user_upload_en/PDF/GH_R_D_EU/Saving_Lives_and_Creating_Impact_DSW-PC_Report.pdf 

7. http://www.au.int/en/sites/default/files/Shared_Res_Roadmap_Rev_F%5b1%5d.pdf 

8. http://www.action.org/documents/ACTION-TBEC_Briding_the_Gap_Sept2012_EMBARGOED.pdf

9. http://www.ip-watch.org/2011/12/14/who-expert-group-to-recommend-binding-rd-treaty-negotiation/ 

10. http://www.euinside.eu/en/news/after-all-the-ftt-will-be-introduced-though-not-across-the-eu 

11. http://www.policycures.org/downloads/GF2012_Report.pdf 

12. http://www.pepfar.gov/ 

13. http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2010/November/09/GH-110910-Obama-In-India.aspx

14. http://www.devex.com/en/news/76981/print

15. www.g20civil.com/documents/199/472/

16. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=080683

 

News Link n. 28

 

The news links are part of the research project GESPAM (Geopolitica, Salute Pubblica e Accesso alle Medicine/Geopolitics, Public Health and Access to Medicines), which aims to focus on the best options for the use of trade and government rules related to public health by resource-limited countries.

 

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Changing the World: A Bold Endorsement of the Power of Vaccines and Immunization  http://www.impatientoptimists.org/en/Posts/2012/12/Changing-the-World-A-Bold-Endorsement-of-the-Power-of-Vaccines-and-Immunization

Asia: Hopes rise in fight against HIV/AIDS   http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/121129/HIV-AIDS-epidemic-china-cambodia-myanmar-thailand-vietnam-indonesia 

Cancer’s New Battleground — the Developing World   http://www.theworld.org/cancer-new-battleground/

Building Resilience to Recurrent Crisis. USAID POLICY AND PROGRAM GUIDANCE  http://transition.usaid.gov/resilience/USAIDResiliencePolicyGuidanceDocument.pdf

Novartis vs. India: Supreme Court hearing ends   http://www.msfaccess.org/content/novartis-vs-india-supreme-court-hearing-ends

CHINA AND GLOBAL FUND SIGNAL STRONG PARTNERSHIP  http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/mediacenter/newsreleases/2012-11-30_China_and_Global_Fund_Signal_Strong_Partnership/

Chinese-Style Decentralization and Health System Reform  http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001337

A beginner’s guide to land grabs   http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/video/2012/beginners-guide-land-grabs 

FEB 21, 2013 LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES  http://www.medicusmundi.org/en/contributions/events/2012/local-pharmaceutical-production-and-access-to-medicines

A FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON GLOBAL HEALTH: A CATALYST FOR JUSTICE  http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/12/12-114371.pdf

PUBLIC HEALTH ROUND-UP  http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/12/12-011212.pdf 

Single European Patent Dominates IP Summit As European Parliament Vote Nears http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25226&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

GFINDER 2012 report http://www.policycures.org/g-finder2012.html

African scientists seek more commitment against tropical diseases  http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-12/11/c_132034319.htm 

Making bad drugs? Three strikes and you’re out   http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/271721-making-bad-drugs-three-strikes-and-youre-out 

UNITAID NEW GRANTS TOTAL US$ 120 MILLION   http://www.unitaid.eu/resources/press-centre/releases/1053-eb17-project-release

DfID oversight of EU aid spending in poor countries gets ‘amber-red’ rating https://www.devex.com/en/news/79933/print 

How corrupt is your government?  https://www.devex.com/en/news/79900/print 

 

 

 

 

 

News Link n. 27

 

The news links are part of the research project GESPAM (Geopolitica, Salute Pubblica e Accesso alle Medicine/Geopolitics, Public Health and Access to Medicines), which aims to focus on the best options for the use of trade and government rules related to public health by resource-limited countries.

 

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“Good health at low cost”: il caso Etiopia  http://www.saluteinternazionale.info/2012/11/good-health-at-low-cost-il-caso-etiopia/

New Nestlé Chinese Medicine and World Health Organization  http://www.examiner.com/article/new-nestl-chinese-medicine-and-world-health-organization?cid=rss 

New PEPFAR blueprint paves way toward AIDS-free generation https://www.devex.com/en/news/79855/print

WHO Members Agree On “Strategic Work Plan” On Health R&D – But No Convention  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25034&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts 

WHO Members Agree On Roadmap To Fight Poor Quality Medicines  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24860&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Event This Week: The Creation Of Unitary Patent Protection In The European Union  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24941&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Medicines Patent Pool Statement on Johnson & Johnson’s Darunavir Announcement http://www.medicinespatentpool.org/medicines-patent-pool-statement-on-johnson-johnson%E2%80%99s-darunavir-announcement/

Pharma Companies Improving Access To Medicines But Lack Oversight Of Outsourced Clinical Trials, Analysis Says  http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/November/28/GH-112812-Access-To-Medicine-Index.aspx

Drug industry’s influence over research  http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/as-drug-industrys-influence-over-research-grows-so-does-the-potential-for-bias/2012/11/24/bb64d596-1264-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story_1.html

Conflicted influences  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/NEJM-articles/index.html

Scientists and drug company connections  http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/scientists-and-drug-company-connections/2012/11/24/f4711d8e-36a1-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_graphic.html

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim Opening Remarks at Neglected Tropical Diseases Conference, Washington DC http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2012/11/16/neglected-tropical-diseases-conference.print

More infectious HIV strains spreading in India  http://www.scidev.net/en/south-asia/news/more-infectious-hiv-strains-spreading-in-india.html

Statement by the President on the Observance of World AIDS Day http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/11/29/statement-president-observance-world-aids-day 

Treatment Action Group’s 2012 Report on Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends, 2005–2011 http://www.treatmentactiongroup.org/tbrd2012

Mumbai Grapples With Drug Resistant TB Strain  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324894104578115232986766350.html

China considers easing family planning rules http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/28/us-china-family-idUSBRE8AR06A20121128

China bans hospitals from refusing patients with HIV-AIDS http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/23/china-bans-hospitals-from-refusing-patients-with-hiv-aids/#ixzz2DC9BnIBL

What You Need to Know About Foreign Aid (And Why We Need to Protect It) http://www.impatientoptimists.org/en/Posts/2012/11/Protect-EU-Aid-Its-a-Smart-Investment

India Skirts Patent Laws to Help Companies and Poor  http://m.spiegel.de/international/world/a-869601.html#spRedirectedFrom=www

The US Proposal for IP Enforcement in the TPPA and Impacts for Developing Countries http://keionline.org/node/1614