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After years of UAEM campaigning, 6 universities, AUTM and NIH have agreed to access principles for licensing and patenting. While we are enthusiastic about the adoption of these principles and while the authors deserve praise for taking this important step, the document has important shortcomings, noted below. UAEM sees this document as a floor for future policies rather than a ceiling and we hope that other universities will go further still. We look forward to working with signatories to the document to ensure effective implementation and improvements in the months and years to come.

Check out the latest edition of the UAEM Newsletter with articles on the AffordableMedsNow.org campaign, the Berkeley patent pool meeting, the new structure of the Coordinating Committee, chapter updates from Yale, Harvard and Nepal, and more!

Here’s the link: UAEM Newsletter Fall 2009