News

3/9/2019

Wemos in Eenvandaag: lawsuit Menzis vs. Astrazeneca

The first time a health insurer in the Netherlands has filed a lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company for incorrectly adhering to a patent. Read more

Event

22/8/2019

Webinar – health workers on the move: possibilities and perspectives ten years into the WHO code

On August 19th, the Health Workers For All Coalition – which Wemos co-chairs – held a webinar. During this webinar, Wemos’ global health advocate Corinne Hinlopen and Genevieve Gencianos of Public Services International shared their insights on the ongoing review of the WHO Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. Read more

News

8/8/2019

Wemos in de Telegraaf: subsidies have made Zolgensma and its high price possible

1.9 million Euro. It is expected that that will be the price of the medicine Zolgensma, manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Novartis. At the end of this month, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will give approval for this medicine. Read more

Overpriced medicines/ Te dure medicijnen

News

7/8/2019

Somo and Wemos react to minister Bruin’s answers to report ‘Overpriced’

The report ‘Overpriced’, which we published together with partner organisation SOMO in May, shows how Dutch tax money is used for the development of new medicines in the Netherlands. Read more

News

1/7/2019

Wemos in EenVandaag: price hike of medicine is abuse of monopoly position of pharma company

The sudden price hike of the medicine Priadel constitutes an abuse of the monopoly position of the pharmaceutical company Essential Pharma. Global health advocate Ella Weggen states this in the programme EenVandaag. Read more

News

28/6/2019

Interactive overview of the highlights of our work

You may have seen them before: the highlights of our work in 2018. But now, we want to share these with you in a clear, fresh new way. Read more

News

26/6/2019

A global action plan for SDG3

In 2018, the governments of Ghana, Germany and Norway requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to take the lead in an initiative to improve the coordination of international cooperation in the health sector. Read more

News

25/6/2019

Wemos’ voting advice in response to recent debate on medicines policy

Members of the Dutch Parliaments’ committee on Health, Welfare and Sport had a debate on medicines policy in The Netherlands. Read more

Map of the Netherlands / Kaart van Nederland

News

17/5/2019

Our report praised as ‘inspiring’ in Dutch SDGs report

In the third edition of the Dutch Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) report, published this month, our Malawi country report was mentioned as one “inspiring example” of how the SDGs are taking shape by civil society. Read more