England Sets Sights on Heart Health
England has a plan. It’s comprehensive, long term and aimed at preventing 150,000 heart attacks and strokes over the next 10 years. How? By, among other measures, reducing high cholesterol, hypertension and atrial fibrillation. Recently released by the National Health Service, England’s “Long-Term Plan” outlines national health strategies for a variety of national health needs […]
GAfPA’s Statement Supporting the USMCA Signing at the G20 Summit
A new international treaty has important implications for patients’ access to innovative treatments. On November 30, during the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires Argentina, President Trump, Prime Minister Trudeau and President Peña Nieto signed the new U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. Once approved by the U.S. Congress, this trade deal will replace NAFTA as the free […]
GAfPA Statement on United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Patients who are eager for the next generation of treatments and cures will be well served by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. This agreement provides intellectual property protections that promote patient access to innovative medicine, clearing the way for new treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and many other conditions.
How Latin America Can Avoid a Health Care Misstep
When public health emergencies threaten developing nations, governments may look for cheap, fast ways to secure necessary medicine. One option is compulsory licensing, the topic of a new “Fast Facts” from the Global Alliance for Patient Access. But how does compulsory licensing work? And does it really meet patients’ needs? Compulsory licensing occurs when governments […]
School’s in Session at the Latin American Patient Academy
Patient advocates from Latin America are about to get schooled – in the best possible way. The first collaborative education program for advocacy leaders, Miami’s Latin American Patient Academy, now offers the only program of its kind in the world. The academy allows advocacy organizations to strengthen their leaders in three areas: Regulations Evaluation of […]
Drug Approval Signals New Options for Stroke, Heart Attack Survivors in Europe
Heart patients in Europe have something to celebrate. This week, the European Commission approved a groundbreaking new drug, evolocumab, to prevent heart attack and stroke for patients who have already survived a cardiac event. The approval marks the entry of an important new tool for secondary prevention. Evolocumab is a PCSK9 inhibitor, which reduces cardiovascular […]
Mapping Report Reveals Access Disparities among European Patients
How accessible is your health care? It all depends upon where you live, as a new report from the European Federation of Crohn’s & Ulcerative Colitis Associations confirms. With the help of 32 member associations, the federation worked from October 2016 to December 2017 to examine patients’ access to innovative medicine across 31 European countries. […]
Europeans Work to Turn Health Care Rights into Realities
by Brian Kennedy, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Patient Access Declaring equal rights is a noble gesture. But history teaches us that it is just the first step in a complex, years-long process – actually establishing and protecting those rights. I was reminded of this reality just recently, when I spoke at a meeting of the […]
Eventos Latino Americanos
La Alianza Global se está preparando para compartir temas centrales de acceso de los pacientes en dos importantes eventos de política de América Latina este año. Reunión G20 ARGENTINA El G20 es el principal foro internacional para la cooperación económica, financiera y política. Los lideres mundiales participan en esto. Es un espacio clave para el […]
Upcoming Latin America Events
The Global Alliance is gearing up to share central issues of patient access in two major Latin American policy events this year. G20 ARGENTINA Meeting The G20 is the main international forum for economic, financial and political cooperation. World leaders participate in it. It is a key space for debate, decision-making and coordination on policies […]
