Tag: Human Rights

Wilbert Bannenberg, Chair of the Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation, was interviewed by the Volkskrant on his life's work: promoting global equitable access to medicines. The article is a deep dive into Bannenberg's personal and professional endeavour to focus the system on equal access, through litigation, among other tactics. From focusing...

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: The Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation (PAF) today brought a lawsuit against pharmaceutical company AbbVie for unfair, excessive pricing practices on its blockbuster medicine Humira(adalimumab). AbbVie sold €2.3 billion worth of Humira in the Netherlands during its market monopoly (2004-2018). PAF calculated that AbbVie had overcharged the Dutch healthcare...

The Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation released its new brief today on legislative measures that States can take to realise access to medicines for all. The focus is on the States' obligations under international human rights law to protect the right to health (and access to medicines) from outside interference, for...

The practical meaning of the human right to the highest attainable standard of health has evolved since its first articulation in the Constitution of the World Health Organisation of 1946 and later in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The most authoritative interpretation of...

Wemos and the Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation are proud and pleased to receive a donation of 500,000 euros from the Dutch National Postcode Lottery. With this support, we commit to improving access to affordable corona vaccines and medicines for everyone. We strive for a world in which everyone's health takes...