Campus Campaigns Working Group Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Aria Ilyad Ahmad & Andreas Pilarinos.

Campus CampaignsWorking Group

Universities Allied for Essential MedicinesAria Ilyad Ahmad & Andreas Pilarinos

Campus Campaigns Working Group

Purposes:

Coordinate existing campus campaigns to avoid “reinventing the wheel”

Support national and campus campaign efforts with shared resources

GAL Framework Revision Academics for Access Website Drug Biographies Proposed Projects…

Campus Campaigns WG Projects

GAL Framework Revision Academics for Access Website Drug Biographies Proposed Projects…

Campus Campaigns WG Projects

Academics for Access Websitehttp://www.academicsforaccess.org

Launched November 2009 Purpose: to build an ongoing network that

serve as a platform for professors and administrators sympathetic to UAEM

Functions: Statement of Principles and Commitment Collect names, departments, fields of

research… Pool resources, articles, quarterly updates

Statement of Principles and Commitment

“…

We therefore call on universities to adopt flexible

technology transfer policies that will ensure that medicines

discovered on campus or with public funding are available

at low-cost in developing countries… We also commit

ourselves to proactively push for adoption of such

patenting and licensing policies on our campuses through

evidence-based action while extending our knowledge to

students through research and academic rigor.”

Academics for Access: Next Steps

Maintain Statement of Principles and Commitments?

Connect to main UAEM website

Collect and post articles, papers, journals…

Build a database of academics Collaborate with ND?

Best strategies?

Develop two (parallel) databases? One entered by academics, another by students

Campus Campaigns WG Projects

GAL Framework Revision Academics for Access Website Drug Biographies Proposed Projects…

Drug Biographies

Purpose:

Build an accessible library for UAEM detailing the development of significant essential medicines

Allow quick access to key information for drug-specific campaigns (e.g. WHO Essential Meds)

Eventually, help identify potential targets for another drug-specific campus campaign

A biography includes information on: Uses and class of drug (diseases treated) Principle investigators involved in its

discovery and their academic institutions Relevant publications Patent information (date, number,

assignee) Licenses (licensor, licensee, date) Manufacturer and pricing

Drug Biographies

62 drugs of interest identified Includes 10 biologics

34 biographies assigned, 13 completed

Completed biographies are available on Central Desktop under the Campus Campaigns WG files

Need more volunteers to help write biographies!*

*Only 1-2 pages long!

Drug Bios Progress

Campus Campaigns WG Projects

GAL Framework Revision Academics for Access Website Drug Biographies Proposed Projects…

Campus Campaigns WG Proposed Projects

Support top three campuses UC, UBC, Yale-Harvard

Engage non-academic community Centralize powerpoint/prezi presentations

Intellectual Property & Drug Access ND Research Gap Role of Universities & Tech Transfer/Licensing Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Global Access Licensing Working Group Projects