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Tahir Amin

Why Current Legislative Efforts to Prevent Patent Thickets Are a Start — But Not Enough

To prevent patent thickets, we have to do more than trim around the hedges. We have to stop patent thickets from taking root.

Apr 3

Why Current Legislative Efforts to Prevent Patent Thickets Are a Start — But Not Enough

Apr 3

Tahir Amin

America’s Drug Pricing Problem Needs a New Diagnosis

Far too many Americans are unable to afford their medication

Mar 21

America’s Drug Pricing Problem Needs a New Diagnosis

Mar 21

Tahir Amin

Think “Squid Game” is Scary? Our Real Life Vaccine Inequity is Worse

Squid Game feels more like a reality show chronicling our current vaccine inequity than a terrifying fantasy.

Oct 28, 2021

Think “Squid Game” is Scary? Our Real Life Vaccine Inequity is Worse

Oct 28, 2021

Tahir Amin

The quest for a Covid-19 vaccine cannot be infected by profit motives

In the early-to-mid 2000s, as concerns were growing about an avian flu outbreak, governments began stockpiling Tamiflu. The buying frenzy…

Nov 23, 2020

The quest for a Covid-19 vaccine cannot be infected by profit motives

Nov 23, 2020

Tahir Amin

Celgene didn’t invent Revlimid. But it has made billions from overpatenting

Yesterday, the former CEO of the pharmaceutical company Celgene appeared before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to explain the…

Oct 1, 2020

Celgene didn’t invent Revlimid. But it has made billions from overpatenting

Oct 1, 2020

Tahir Amin

The never-ending drip of pharmaceutical patents

As expectations for a COVID-19 vaccine grow, so too have concerns about access among the public and even politicians. Democratic…

Aug 18, 2020

The never-ending drip of pharmaceutical patents

Aug 18, 2020

Tahir Amin

The Reality of Pharmaceutical Profits and Public Health

In their recent piece, “Pharmaceutical Profits and Public Health Are Not Incompatible,” Daniel Hemel and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette argue…

Jun 15, 2020

The Reality of Pharmaceutical Profits and Public Health

Jun 15, 2020

Tahir Amin

Tahir Amin

Co-Founder and CEO @IMAKGlobal, a global non-profit organisation building a more just and equitable medicines system for all.

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