Essential Medicines News

On 4 January, the 110th Congress convened. It looks like we don’t yet have official confirmation of the membership of all committees, but we do have the chairs and ranking members of House committees. A selection of relevant panels follows.
Additionally, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act was introduced as H.R. 4. Part of the […]

Elisabeth Rosenthal, “At WHO, a chief cut from Hong Kong cloth,” International Herald Tribune, 5 January 2007.
A profile of Margaret Chan, who assumed the position of World Health Organization director-general on 4 January.
Chan knows that she faces enormous challenges. Last year, WHO announced that it would take a more active role in ensuring that expensive […]

Caroline Gallant, “Announcement: UAEM Introduces Interim Executive Directors Michael Steffen & Robynn Sturm,” univ-list mailing list, 18 December 2006. (Public archives not available.)
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines has hired interim executive directors. Both of the new directors are students, and will serve February to September 2007. The organization is looking to hire a permanent executive […]