About Us
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is an international student organization with the vision that universities and publicly funded research institutions such as Western should be a part of the solution to the access to medicines crisis. In other words, we work to promote medical innovations that are in the public interest and advocate for university policies that do not stand in the way of access to essential medicines and other health-related technologies that are developed in our university’s labs.
As a non-profit organization rooted in a global movement of university students, UAEM aims to promote affordable access to life-saving medicines and medical innovations in low and middle income countries by changing the norms and practices around university academic patenting and licensing. We empower students to respond and advocate for the access and innovation crises and we ensure that university medical research works to meet the needs of people worldwide.
As students who passionately believe in social justice and health equity, we believe that it is unacceptable that millions of people are disproportionately being denied access to life-saving medical technologies that are readily available in developed nations. We strongly believe that universities such as Western have a social contract with society and as educational and research institutions they have the responsibility to promote and manage the deployment of innovations for the public benefit.
Our work is guided at all times by principles of non-partisanship, democracy, transparency and respect.
Our Labs. Our Drugs. Our Responsibility.
As a non-profit organization rooted in a global movement of university students, UAEM aims to promote affordable access to life-saving medicines and medical innovations in low and middle income countries by changing the norms and practices around university academic patenting and licensing. We empower students to respond and advocate for the access and innovation crises and we ensure that university medical research works to meet the needs of people worldwide.
As students who passionately believe in social justice and health equity, we believe that it is unacceptable that millions of people are disproportionately being denied access to life-saving medical technologies that are readily available in developed nations. We strongly believe that universities such as Western have a social contract with society and as educational and research institutions they have the responsibility to promote and manage the deployment of innovations for the public benefit.
Our work is guided at all times by principles of non-partisanship, democracy, transparency and respect.
Our Labs. Our Drugs. Our Responsibility.
Access Committee |
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The Access Committee engages actively with University structures to monitor and advocate for change in the university's licensing and patenting policies for medical innovations.
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The Innovation Committee focuses on promoting research on neglected diseases and developing a curriculum to draw attention to new approaches to Research and Development of medicine.
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Global Access Licensing Framework (GALF)
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Every university-developed technology with potential for further development into a drug, vaccine, or medical diagnostic should be licensed with a concrete and transparent strategy to make affordable versions available in resource-limited countries for medical care.
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Access to Medicines Week
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Transparency in biomedical Research & Development can save lives. . Clinical trial transparency is key to accelerating medical progress, ensuring drug safety and efficacy, and improving access to essential medicines today. Universities guide a large portion of all clinical research done around the Canada, and it becomes increasingly important that each university abides by WHO clinical trial transparency regulations and more.
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University Report Card - Global Equity in Biomedical Research
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The University Global Health Impact Report Card evaluates the top U.S. and Canadian research universities on their contributions to urgent global health research and access to treatment worldwide.
To see the full report card, click here |
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