<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<html><head><style type="text/css"><!--
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 }
--></style><title>5/1 - 2pm - Universities Allied for Essential
Medicines (U</title></head><body>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>
<blockquote><font size="+3"><b>Interested in public
health,</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+3"><b>neglected diseases, patent laws, or
research?</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+1">UAEM is starting a new chapter at
MIT.</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src=
"http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/images/pill_banner.png"
></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+1">Come find out about MIT
UAEM!</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+3"><b>UAEM<br>
Information Session</b></font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src=
"http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sjc1/hs595.snc3/31346_577957062258_713899_33338454_1007605_n.jpg"width="382"height="588"></blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<b>When? THIS Saturday,</b> May 1st (2pm)<br>
<b>Where?</b> Rm 1-132<br>
<br>
<i>Refreshments will be served.</i><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><b>Universities Allied for Essential Medicine (UAEM)</b>
is having a general information session this SATURDAY May 1st (2pm,
Room 1-132). We have recently founded a chapter at MIT and we are
looking for some enthusiastic people who would like to work with us!
If you are interested in coming to our infosession,<b> please email
us</b> at <a href="mailto:seeunmok@mit.edu">seeunmok@mit.edu</a> with
your<b> name, year, and email</b> address<b> by tomorrow (friday)
11:59pm.</b> If you can't come but are interested in joining, please
email us as well.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="+1">What is UAEM?</font><br>
<font size="-1">Many important medicines and public health
technologies are developed in academic laboratories. Their
accessibility in poor nations is profoundly affected by the research,
patenting and licensing decisions made by universities. We are a group
of university students who believe that our universities have an
opportunity and a responsibility to improve global access to public
health goods.</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<b><br>
Our Vision:</b><br>
Universities and publicly funded research institutions will be part of
the solution to the access to medicines crisis by promoting medical
innovation in the public interest and ensuring that all people
regardless of income have access to essential medicines and other
health-related technologies.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="-1"><b>History:</b></font><br>
<font size="+3"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>In 2001, a group of Yale University law students, together
with Médecins Sans Frontières, helped convince Yale and the
pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb to permit generic
production of a critical Yale-discovered HIV/AIDS drug in sub-Saharan
Africa, triggering dramatic 30-fold price reductions. This was the
first such concession on an HIV/AIDS drug; price cuts on other
medications soon followed. This enabled a major scale-up of HIV
treatment throughout the continent. The campaign showed those students
that, as major contributors to drug development, universities are well
positioned to influence the way medical technologies are developed and
distributed, and thus can do much to help alleviate the
access-to-medicines crisis.<br>
<br>
Since this initial victory, UAEM has grown into a<b> worldwide student
organization</b> with chapters at over 40 research universities, and a
membership which includes students of medicine, science, public
health, economics, and many other areas. The focus of the organization
has expanded from only asking how universities can best license their
innovations to promote global access, to also asking how universities
can best direct and measure their research to have the greatest social
impact worldwide, and promoting these ideals at the national and
international levels. We work continuously to raise general awareness
of these issues, and empower our fellow students to tackle these
challenges.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><b>UAEM</b></font><font size="-1"><b>
has</b></font><font size="+1"><b> active chapters</b></font><font
size="-1"><b> at the following universities</b></font><font
size="+1"><b> around the world</b><i>:</i></font><i><br>
</i><br>
<font size="-2"><b>Australia</b><br>
<br>
University of Queensland<br>
Brisbane , Queensland , Australia<br>
University of Western Australia<br>
Perth , Western Australia , Australia<br>
<br>
<b>Canada</b><br>
<br>
Canadian national group<br>
, Canada<br>
Dalhousie University<br>
Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada<br>
McGill University<br>
Montreal , Quebec , Canada<br>
McMaster University<br>
Hamilton , Ontario , Canada<br>
Queen's University<br>
Kingston , Ontario , Canada<br>
Simon Fraser University<br>
Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada<br>
Thompson Rivers University<br>
Kamloops , British Columbia , Canada<br>
University of British Columbia<br>
Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada<br>
University of Manitoba<br>
Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada<br>
University of Montreal<br>
Montreal , Quebec , Canada<br>
University of Ottawa<br>
Ottawa , Ontario , Canada<br>
University of Toronto<br>
Toronto , Ontario , Canada<br>
<br>
<b>Germany</b><br>
<br>
Germany national group<br>
, Germany<br>
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin<br>
Berlin , Berlin , Germany<br>
Ludwig Maximilian Universität/Technische
Universität</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="-2">Munich , Germany<br>
Universität Freiburg<br>
Freiburg , Germany<br>
Universität Würzburg<br>
Würzburg , Germany<br>
University of Münster<br>
Münster , Germany<br>
<br>
<b>Nigeria</b><br>
<br>
University of Lagos<br>
Lagos , Nigeria<br>
<br>
<b>Norway</b><br>
<br>
University of Bergen<br>
Bergen , Norway<br>
University of Oslo<br>
Oslo , Norway<br>
<br>
<b>Nepal</b><br>
<br>
Institute of Medicine<br>
Kathmandu , Nepal<br>
<br>
<b>Rwanda</b><br>
<br>
National University of Rwanda<br>
Butare , Rwanda<br>
<br>
<b>Singapore</b><br>
<br>
National University of Singapore<br>
Singapore , Singapore<br>
<br>
<b>Tanzania</b><br>
<br>
Weill-Bugando University College of Health Sciences<br>
Mwanza , Tanzania<br>
<br>
<b>Uganda</b><br>
<br>
Makerere University<br>
Kampala , Uganda<br>
<br>
<b>United Kingdom<br>
</b><br>
Barts and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry<br>
London , United Kingdom<br>
Hull York Medical School<br>
York , York , United Kingdom<br>
Imperial College London<br>
London , United Kingdom<br>
King's College London<br>
London , United Kingdom<br>
Peninsula Medical School (University of Exeter, University of
Plymouth)<br>
Exeter , United Kingdom<br>
University College of London<br>
London , United Kingdom<br>
University of Aberdeen<br>
Aberdeen , United Kingdom<br>
University of Bristol<br>
Bristol , United Kingdom<br>
University of Dundee<br>
Dundee , United Kingdom<br>
University of Edinburgh<br>
Edinburgh , United Kingdom<br>
University of Leeds<br>
Leeds , United Kingdom<br>
University of Manchester<br>
Manchester , United Kingdom<br>
University of Oxford<br>
Oxford , United Kingdom<br>
University of Southampton<br>
Southampton , United Kingdom<br>
<br>
<b>United States</b><br>
<br>
Arizona State University<br>
Tempe , Arizona , United States<br>
Boston University<br>
Boston , Massachusetts , United States<br>
California Northstate College of Pharmacy<br>
Rancho Cordova , United States<br>
Case Western Reserve University<br>
Cleveland , Ohio , United States<br>
Central Michigan University<br>
Mount Pleasant , Michigan , United States<br>
Claremont Colleges<br>
Claremont , California , United States<br>
Columbia University<br>
New York City , New York , United States<br>
Cornell University<br>
Ithaca , New York , United States<br>
Dartmouth University<br>
Hanover , New Hampshire , United States<br>
Duke University<br>
Durham , North Carolina , United States<br>
Emory University<br>
Atlanta , Georgia , United States<br>
George Washington University<br>
Washington , District Of Columbia , United States<br>
Harvard University<br>
Boston , Massachusetts , United States<br>
Indiana University<br>
Bloomington , Indiana , United States<br>
Johns Hopkins University<br>
Baltimore , Maryland , United States<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States<br>
Mount Sinai School of Medicine<br>
Manhattan , New York , United States<br>
New York University<br>
New York , New York , United States<br>
Northwestern University<br>
Chicago , Illinois , United States<br>
Oregon Health Sciences University<br>
Portland , Oregon , United States<br>
Rice University<br>
Houston , Texas , United States<br>
St. John's University<br>
Queens , New York , United States<br>
Stanford University<br>
Stanford , California , United States<br>
University of California at Berkeley<br>
Berkeley , California , United States<br>
University of California at Davis<br>
Davis , California , United States<br>
University of California at Irvine<br>
Irvine , California , United States<br>
University of California at Los Angeles<br>
Los Angeles , California , United States<br>
University of California at San Diego<br>
San Diego , California , United States<br>
University of California at San Francisco<br>
San Francisco , California , United States<br>
University of California Hastings College of the Law<br>
San Francisco , California , United States<br>
University of Central Florida<br>
Orlando , Florida , United States<br>
University of Chicago<br>
Chicago , Illinois , United States<br>
University of Florida<br>
Gainesville , Florida , United States<br>
University of Illinois at Chicago<br>
Chicago , Illinois , United States<br>
University of Iowa<br>
Iowa City , Iowa , United States<br>
University of Maryland<br>
College Park , Maryland , United States<br>
University of Michigan<br>
Ann Arbor , Michigan , United States<br>
University of New Mexico<br>
Albuquerque , New Mexico , United States<br>
University of North Carolina<br>
Chapel Hill , North Carolina , United States<br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States<br>
University of South Florida<br>
Tampa , Florida , United States<br>
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston<br>
Houston , Texas , United States</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="-2">University of Vermont<br>
Burlington , Vermont , United States<br>
University of Washington<br>
Seattle , Washington , United States<br>
University of Wisconsin<br>
Madison , Wisconsin , United States<br>
Vanderbilt University<br>
Nashville , Tennessee , United States<br>
Washington University in St. Louis<br>
St. Louis , Missouri , United States<br>
Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan- Kettering<br>
New York , New York , United States<br>
Yale University<br>
New Haven , Connecticut , United States</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
<font size="+3"><b>Our Projects:</b></font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>USA legislation</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>Campaigns around excessive protection of 'biologic' drug
patents (2009), and global access provisions for federally funded
research (2006). <a
href="http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/legislation/usa">[Read
More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src="http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/capitol_0.jpg"
></blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>University technology
transfer</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>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. <a
href=
"http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/university-technology-transfer"
>[Read More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src="http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/gal_0.jpg"></blockquote
>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>International agreements</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>UAEM is participating in the discussions of the WHO's
Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and
Intellectual Property. <a
href="http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/international-agreements"
>[Read More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src="http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/earth_0.png"></blockquote
>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>Bayh-Dole Act analogues</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>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. <a
href="http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/legislation/bayh-dole"
>[Read More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src=
"http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/images/pill_banner.png"
></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>Canadian legislation</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>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. <a
href="http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/legislation/canada">[Read
More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src="http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/canada_0.jpg"
></blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>Neglected disease
research</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>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. <a
href="http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/neglected-disease-research"
>[Read More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src=
"http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/neglected-diseases.jpg"
></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>Patent pools</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>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). <a
href="http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/patent-pools">[Read
More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src="http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/patent-pools.jpg"
></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>Student empowerment</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>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. <a
href="http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/student-empowerment">[Read
More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src="http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/empowerment2.jpg"
></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>Technology transfer
metrics</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>Developing new ways to measure the success of university
technology transfer, emphasizing social impact. <a
href="http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/metrics">[Read
More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src=
"http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/measuring_tape.jpg"
></blockquote>
<blockquote><font size="+2"><b>University of California
campaign</b></font><br>
<font size="+2"><b></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote>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. <a
href="http://essentialmedicine.org/projects/uc-campaign">[Read
More]</a></blockquote>
<blockquote><img
src=
"http://essentialmedicine.org/sites/default/files/empowerment_0.jpg"
></blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote><br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
If you are interested in coming to our infosession,<b><br>
please email us</b> at</font> <a href="mailto:seeunmok@mit.edu"><font
size="+1">seeunmok@mit.edu</font></a><a
href="mailto:uaem-exec@mit.edu"><font size="+1"><br>
with your<b> name, year, and email</b> address<b><br>
by tomorrow (friday) 11:59pm.<br>
</b>If you can't come but are interested in joining, please email us
as well.</font><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
MIT UAEM<br>
<font color="#888888"></font></a></blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Sarah S. Mok<br>
MIT Class of 2010<br>
Department of Biology<br>
<a href="mailto:seeunmok@mit.edu">seeunmok@mit.edu</a></blockquote>
<div><br></div>
</body>
</html>