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GHJP Works to Address the Skyrocketing Cost of Medicines
As Yale Law School’s Global Health Justice Partnership works to reform prescription drug pricing, its ideas are having a national impact.
GHJP Closes Two-Year FOIA Case Against Drug Manufacturer
The Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP) at Yale Law School and the Yale School of Public Health ended a two-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case, winning an important victory for clinical research transparency.
Cutbacks in Foreign Aid for HIV Treatment Would Cause Great Harm, Generate Few Savings
Proposed reductions in U.S. foreign aid would have a devastating impact on HIV treatment and prevention programs in countries receiving such aid, an international team of investigators reports.
MFIA/CRIT Lawsuit Prompts Expedited Release of Information from FDA
In response to a lawsuit filed by Yale Law School’s MFIA Clinic MFIA and supported by CRIT, the FDA granted expedited processing to a FOIA request for information concerning one of the most controversial drug approvals in FDA history and the contested clinical trials supporting it.
New GHJP Report Examines Curbing Unfair Drug Prices
The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP), in collaboration with the National Physicians Alliance and the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, released a policy white paper titled “Curbing Unfair Drug Prices: A Primer for States” this week.
Students Urge CDC to Modify Proposed Quarantine Regulations
A new Health Affairs commentary written by two Yale Law students identifies dangerous shortcomings of the proposed CDC quarantine regulations.
Study: Modern Hepatitis C Drugs are Very Costly and Unavailable to Many State Prisoners
Less than 1% of prisoners with hepatitis C in state correctional facilities in the United States are receiving treatment according to a new study in the October issue of Health Affairs conducted by the Association of State Correctional Administrators in collaboration with the Yale Global Health Justice Partnership.
ACS Hosts Conference on TPP
The Yale Law School chapter of the American Constitution Society will hold a conference on “Transforming the Global Economic Order: Understanding Critical Perspectives on the TPP” on October 4, 2016.
Petition Seeks to Protect Zika-Affected Women and Families
More than six months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of the Zika virus a public health emergency of international concern, two Brazilian organizations have filed a petition with the country’s Supreme Court demanding, as a matter of Constitutional rights, that the government expand health services and social supports for women, families, and children affected by the Zika epidemic.
U.N. Acknowledges Responsibility for Haiti Cholera Outbreak
Three years after the Global Health Justice Partnership and Transnational Development Clinic at Yale Law School published a report showing that the United Nations inadvertently caused a deadly cholera epidemic in Haiti, the intergovernmental organization has acknowledged responsibility for the first time.