Blogs
Two Worlds films: online launch
When: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, May 28, 2025
Campaigns: Pharma
Speakers: Sibongile Tshabalala, national chairperson of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in South Africa Dr Bill Muriuki, medical doctor, scholar and activist from Kenya Laura Castro, film director Tim Bierley, […]
Read moreUK-INDIA TRADE: “Access to medicines must be defended in any final agreement, campaigners say”
Date: 10 April 2025
Campaigns: Pharma, Trade
Cleodie Rickard, trade campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: With trade negotiations between the UK and India reaching their final stages, it is absolutely vital that access to medicines […]
Read moreUK-India FTA: Trade deal could “jeopardise access to affordable medicine”, campaigners say
Date: 19 November 2024
Campaigns: Pharma, Trade
Responding to news that the UK-India trade talks are to re-launch in the new year, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said: Leaked documents have shown Britain to be […]
Read more“Damning Covid inquiry report shows UK government failed the world”, global justice campaigners say
Date: 18 July 2024
Campaigns: Pharma
Responding to the Covid inquiry’s first report, Tim Bierley, campaigner at Global Justice Now said: Today’s damning report is right that the UK government failed its citizens, but it also […]
Read morePandemic Treaty: “Further delays are the direct result of rich countries actions”
Date: 29 May 2024
Campaigns: Pharma
In response to further delays to the pandemic treaty, Tim Bierley, campaigner at Global Justice Now said: Further delays in pandemic treaty negotiations are the direct result of rich countries – […]
Read morePandemic Treaty reaction: “UK and other rich countries must stop blocking equitable measures”
Date: 28 May 2024
Campaigns: Pharma
In response to further delays to the pandemic treaty negotiations, Tim Bierley, pharmaceuticals campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: We know that big pharma’s monopolies limited production, ignored the […]
Read moreGovernment focus on sovereignty in Pandemic Treaty discussions ‘ironic’, say campaigners
Date: 14 May 2024
Campaigns: Pharma
Commenting on today’s discussion in Parliament following the urgent question raised on the WHO Pandemic Treaty, Tim Bierley, pharmaceuticals campaigner at Global Justice Now said: It’s ironic this government seems […]
Read morePandemic Treaty: “The UK must change course and prioritise human lives over pharmaceutical profits”
Date: 10 May 2024
Campaigns: Pharma
Responding to news the pandemic treaty talks have ended without a draft agreement, Tim Bierley, pharmaceuticals campaigner at Global Justice Now said: These negotiations have been held back by the UK […]
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What happens if there’s another pandemic?
By: Nick Dearden
Date: 29 April 2024
Campaigns: Pharma
Negotiations have resumed today in Geneva on the Pandemic Preparedness Treaty, the World Health Organisation’s effort to establish an international agreement for what happens if there’s another pandemic. The treaty […]
Read moreUK government ‘placing pharmaceutical profits over lives’ in pandemic treaty talks, campaigners warn
Date: 28 April 2024
Campaigns: Pharma
The UK government is threatening to render the proposed pandemic treaty “toothless” and is “placing pharmaceutical profits over lives”, global health campaigners have warned. This comes as UK, EU and US officials […]
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