Media

AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Explores Right to Access Live-Saving Medicines
Earl Lane
American Association for the Advancement of Science (press release), 08/03/10
http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2010/0803shr_coalition.shtml

MIT’s patent pool deal gets thumbs down from Harvard open access effort
Intellectual Property Marketing Advisor, 06/08/10
http://www.ipmarketingadvisor.com/content/2010/06/08/mit%E2%80%99s-paten...

Moving Medical Advances into Developing Nations
Leslie Friday
BU Today, 11/17/09
http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/11/16/moving-medical-advances-developing-na...

Drug deal: Six universities contribute research to pharmaceutical companies in hopes of providing affordable medicine to developing countries
Juceliz Batista
Syracuse Daily Orange, 11/16/09
http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2009/11/16/...

US Universities Adopt Principles for Medicines Access, Tech Transfer
Intellectual Property Watch, 11/11/09
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/11/11/universities-adopt-principles-...

Yale to revise licensing for medicines in poor countries
Rachel Gilmore
Yale Daily News, 11/10/09
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/11/10/yale-revise...

Harvard Among Six Schools Urging Drug Access for Poor
John Lauerman
Bloomberg.com, 11/9/09
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aa23AHBWnxew 

A cost-cutter that’s missing in health bills
Laura Musselwhite
NC News and Observer, 10/7/09
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/129059.html 

Medical Students Assail Research Universities Over Drug-Exclusivity Bill
Goldie Blumenstyk
Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/21/09
http://www.essentialaction.org/access/index.php?/archives/197-Medical-St...

Proposed Rules on Public Research in South Africa Stir Debate
Dugie Standeford
Intellectual Property Watch, 6/4/09
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/06/04/proposed-rules-on-public-resea...

Push to link medical research innovations to public good
Ann Silversides
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 5/26/09
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/180/11/1097 

Urging Global Access for Medical Breakthoughs
Chris Berdik
BU Today, 4/30/09
http://www.bu.edu/today/world/2009/04/28/urging-global-access-medical-br...

University forces firms to supply cheap medicines
Paul Kelbie
The Guardian UK, 4/26/09
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/apr/26/cheaper-medicines-edinburg...

Students say research policy too commercial
David Mrozinski
Central Michigan Life, 4/6/09
http://www.cm-life.com/?s=students+say+research+policy+too+commercial&x=...

My Word: UC must insist that drug companies lower HIV prices
Eric Sawyer
Oakland Tribune, 4/3/09
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20090403/ai_n31517476/ 

Antifungal Fight
Elie Dolgin
The Scientist, February 2009
http://www.icotherapeutics.com/_resources/The_Scientist_Feb_09_iCo-009.p...

Global strategies to reduce the price of antiretroviral medicines: evidence from transactional databases
Brenda Waning, Warren Kaplan, Alexis C King, Danielle A Lawrence, Hubert G Leufkens & Matthew P Fox
Bulletin of the WHO, 2009

As India Mulls Bill Modeled on Bayh-Dole, Critics Claim It May Stifle Innovation
Ben Butkus
Biotech Transfer Week, 11/12/08
http://www.genomeweb.com/biotechtransferweek/india-mulls-bill-modeled-ba...

Pharmaceuticals Need to Medicate Third World Policy
Daniel Johnson
New University, 11/3/08
http://www.newuniversity.org/2008/11/opinion/pharamaceuticals_need_to_me...

Global Access to Medicines Not Improved by TRIPS Waiver, Some Say
Catherine Saez
Intellectual Property Watch, 10/1/08
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2008/10/01/global-access-to-medicines-not...

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines: Can a Student Group Influence University Technology Licensing Policies?
Stephen Moyer
MTTLR Blog, 9/29/08
http://blog.mttlr.org/2008/09/universities-allied-for-essential.html 

Workers Picket as UC Governing Board Convenes at UCSB
Devon Claire Flannery and Ben Preston
Santa Barbara Independent, 7/17/08
http://www.independent.com/news/2008/jul/17/workers-picket-uc-governing-...

Using Academic License Agreements to Promote Global Social Responsibility
Ashley J. Stevens and April E. Effort
Les Nouvelles: Journal of the Licensing Executives Society International, June 2008 

WHO urged to back radical changes in drug R&D
Katherine Nightingale
Science and Development Network, 5/12/08
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/who-urged-to-back-radical-changes-in-drug-...

WHO IP and Health Group Concludes with Progress; Tough Issues Remain for Assembly
Kaitlin Mara and William New
Intellectual Property Watch, 5/6/08
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2008/05/06/who-ip-and-health-group-conclu...

AUTM Retracts E-Mail Seen as Opposing WHO Plans to Increase Third-World Drug Access
Ben Butkus
Biotech Transfer Week, 4/30/08
http://www.genomeweb.com/biotechtransferweek/autm-retracts-e-mail-seen-o...

University Tech Managers & Affordable Medicine
Ed Silverman
Pharmalot, 4/25/08
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/04/university-tech-managers-affordable-med...

Universities’ Intellectual Property Stance Criticized
Scott Jaschik
Inside Higher Ed, 4/22/08
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/22/ip 

Market-Based Licensing for HPV Vaccines in Developing Countries
Kevin Outterson and Aaron S. Kesselheim
Health Affairs, January/February 2008
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/1/130 

Universities Urged to Wield ‘Influence’ to Ensure Affordable Drugs in Poor Countries
Ben Butkus
Biotech Transfer Week
http://www.genomeweb.com/biotechtransferweek/universities-urged-wield-%E...

Biotech: Not just for the rich
Boston Globe, 5/8/07
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2...

Students, scientists push for access to drugs in developing world
Ann Silversides
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 3/27/07
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/176/7/914 

Many Universities Report Gains in Licensing Income, but Pace of Creating Start-Ups Seems to Lag
Goldie Blumenstyk
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/27/07
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/02/2007022101n.htm 

Open source biology: a means to address the access and research gaps?
Katherine M. Nolan-Stevaux
Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, 1/1/07
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-187695045/open-source-biology...

The Price of Progress: Are Universities Adding to the Cost?
Lorelei Ritchie de Larena
Houston Law Review, Vol. 44, 2006
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=917367 

The pharmaceutical industry as a medicines provider
David Henry and Joel Lexchin
The Lancet, November 16, 2002