Current UAEM Projects

University technology transfer

Submitted by andrew.gray on Sat, 09/12/2009 - 18:07
We aim to change the way universities commercialize drugs and other medical technologies, to protect low-cost access for the poor. This is UAEM's biggest and longest-running campaign, and is ongoing at universities around the world. [Read More]

University of California campaign

Submitted by nicole.edwards on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 19:51
UAEM is making a special effort to engage the University of California and encourage them to practice global access licensing for all new medical technologies. Due to the structure of the U.C. system, UAEM chapters are working both on the U.C system as a whole while simultaneously working to change licensing policies on each individual campus. [Read More]

Technology transfer metrics

Submitted by administrator on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 22:34
Developing new ways to measure the success of university technology transfer, emphasizing social impact. [Read More]

USA legislation

Submitted by andrew.gray on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 12:09
Campaigns around excessive protection of 'biologic' drug patents (2009), and global access provisions for federally funded research (2006). [Read More]

Canadian legislation

Submitted by andrew.gray on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 20:16
UAEM is supporting the efforts by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network to reform Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), patent legislation intended to allow generic Canadian production of patented medications for export to poor countries, but underused due to excessive red tape. [Read More]

Bayh-Dole Act analogues

Submitted by krista.cox on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 15:15
The Bayh-Dole Act (USA, 1980) governs the patenting and licensing of publicly funded research in the USA. It has a mixed record despite strong positive rhetoric. Similar Acts are now being developed in both India and South Africa. UAEM has analyzed the development of these new Acts. [Read More]

Neglected disease research

Submitted by andrew.gray on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 22:24
We try to stimulate more research and development to meet the needs of the poor, including on new treatments, diagnostics, and vaccines for neglected tropical diseases. [Read More]

Patent pools

Submitted by andrew.gray on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 20:56
UAEM is working to convince university technology transfer offices to engage with the patent pools being developed by UNITAID (for HIV drugs) and GlaxoSmithKline (for neglected diseases). [Read More]

International agreements

Submitted by andrew.gray on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 19:54
UAEM is participating in the discussions of the WHO's Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property. [Read More]

Student empowerment

Submitted by andrew.gray on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 20:46
We help students carry out successful campaigns on university campuses worldwide. We provide educational resources (including this web site) and individual advice, and we organize an annual conference. [Read More]

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UAEM News

UC Students Push For Affordable Medicine - 30 Nov 2011
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, an organization largely comprised of medical students across the country, is pushing University of California faculty to refrain from signing a new patent... [Read More]
UAEM Student Leaders Recognition - 17 Nov 2011
At every level UAEM programs are successful to the extent they tap the creativity, talent, wisdom and skills of its student leaders and members. [Read More]
Med Students to UC Leaders: Make Our Medicines Affordable Worldwide - 29 Sep 2011
In advance of major meeting at Harvard Friday, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines urges UCs to follow other universities’ lead by promoting global access to products of UC medical research... [Read More]
MIT Technology Review: UAEM Alum Calls for Global Access to Health Innovations - 13 Sep 2011
"The MIT community...can again lead the way in a matter of life and death for so many," writes Sanjat Kanjilal, MD, in a letter to this high-profile MIT publication... [Read More]
Alarmed Global AIDS activists Join the Fight to Ensure a Successful UN Non-Communicable Disease Summit - 1 Sep 2011
September 1, 2011 -- Negotiations resume on the draft political declaration for the first United Nations General Assembly Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) High-Level Meeting (HLM) in New York City... [Read More]
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