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medicines

November 22, 2020

World leaders join forces to fight accelerating crisis of antimicrobial resistance

A new One Health Global Leaders Groups on Antimicrobial Resistance has been launched by the heads of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the World Health Organisation.
September 18, 2020

Oxfam calls on pharmaceutical companies to share vaccine knowledge free of patents

We need a People’s Vaccine, not a profit vaccine, says Oxfam as it calls on pharmaceutical companies to share their knowledge free of patents.
April 8, 2020

Call for governments to save lives by lifting economic sanctions amid pandemic

Medical equipment is often outdated in sanctioned countries and there are shortages of medicines and protective equipment.
March 30, 2020

Firefighters to deliver food and medicines and drive ambulances

Firefighters will deliver food and medicines, drive ambulances, and retrieve dead bodies during the coronavirus outbreak in an unprecedented agreement between the Fire Brigades Union, fire chiefs, and Fire and Rescue Employers.
October 28, 2019

Campaigners welcome NHS deal on cystic fibrosis drugs but warn system is broken

Campaigners say the pharmaceutical system needs urgent reform to ensure patients everywhere get the medicines they need.
October 1, 2019

Getting NHS ready for no deal is an impossible task, says Nuffield Trust

Suppliers have found new routes into the UK for only 25 per cent of medicines, says a National Audit Office report.
August 17, 2019

BMA says plans for no-deal medicine supplies are 'beyond alarming'

The BMA says the announcement from the Government is a further indication of the chaos that will lay in store for the NHS and patients in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
July 25, 2019

Church leaders question a no-deal Brexit

The Church leaders say they have been “compelled" to write to the new Prime Minister because of his position that leaving the European Union without a deal is acceptable.
July 17, 2019

Johnson’s US trade deal is a risk to NHS, food standards and a digital tax, say campaigners

Campaigners have warned that Boris Johnson’s enthusiasm to engage in a ‘quick’ US trade deal if he becomes Prime Minister next week, threatens Britain’s public services, food standards and online privacy.
April 16, 2019

UN health agency calls for fairer pricing of medicines

Developing countries have long struggled with the price of medicines. Today’s costs have rendered it a world-wide challenge, and it is the key topic of concern at a global medicines forum in South Africa, co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation.