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@dbdurisch.bsky.social

Health Policy - Politique Santé Public Eye (formerly the Berne Declaration) www.publiceye.ch

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More Than 100 Organizations Urge Countries to Resist Trump’s Trade Attacks, Protect Access to Affordable Medicines - Public Citizen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public Citizen, Health GAP, and 99 expert organizations from around the world are calling for an approach…

Read the Principles for Access to Medicines and Trade: www.citizen.org/news/more-th...

19.02.2026 16:23 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Teal background, highlighted quote: "Pro-corporate, pro-monopoly models reinforced by the current trade order and exploited by the powerful are failing the world. Health must be a guarantee, not a bargaining chip."

Blue background with caption: Over 100 organizations around the world detail principles for trade that ensure access to medicines."

Teal background, highlighted quote: "Pro-corporate, pro-monopoly models reinforced by the current trade order and exploited by the powerful are failing the world. Health must be a guarantee, not a bargaining chip." Blue background with caption: Over 100 organizations around the world detail principles for trade that ensure access to medicines."

The Trump administration is using U.S. trade power and extreme tariffs to bully other countries into binding agreements that undermine affordable and readily available access to medicines.

Experts from around the world offer an alternate vision:

19.02.2026 16:23 — 👍 2    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Deals des pharmas suisses aux États-Unis: une farce au goût amer Peu avant Noël, les géants bâlois Roche et Novartis ont conclu un « deal » très attendu avec la Maison blanche sur le prix des médicaments aux États-Unis. Contrairement à ce qu’on pourrait croire, le ...

Both #Roche and #Novartis reported a net income of around US$ 14 billion in 2025 - so absolutely no need to cry wolf and threaten access to new drugs in 🇪🇺 🇨🇭.

Especially since Trump's moves are so far very much harmless for #BigPharma, as expressed in my recent blog www.publiceye.ch/fr/regard/de...

04.02.2026 15:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump’s Attempt to Make Drugs Cheaper Is Pushing Up Prices in Other Countries The president’s order is upending health care in Switzerland.

"Pharmaceutical companies are raising prices elsewhere instead of bringing them down in the US, due to rules introduced by President Donald Trump that force drugmakers to reduce their prices in the US to the lowest level paid in other developed countries." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

04.02.2026 15:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Trump says he lowered drug prices.

We’ll believe it when we see it.

So we sued for access to the secret deals.

03.02.2026 17:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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US-Deal der Schweizer Pharma: eine bittere Farce Ende letzten Jahres kam es zum mit Spannung erwarteten «Deal» von Roche und Novartis mit dem Weissen Haus über Medikamentenpreise in den USA. Für Patient*innen dies- und jenseits des Atlantiks ist die...

Hier noch eine Einordnung des erwähnten Deals mit #Roche & Co in den USA www.publiceye.ch/de/standpunk...

29.01.2026 16:58 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Wegen Trump: Neues Brustkrebsmedikament könnte Schweizer Kassen sprengen Giredestrant soll zum neuen Standard bei Brustkrebs werden. Wegen des US-Deals muss Roche den Preis der Therapie vielleicht anheben. Und zwar so stark, dass ihn Krankenkassen nicht mehr erstatten könnten.

"Die Basler drohen der 🇨🇭 mit Jobabbau und dem Zurückhalten ihres neuen «revolutionären» Brustkrebsmedikaments." Eine Frechheit von #Roche als sie fast 14 Milliarden Franken Reingewinn im 2025 machten.
Erpressen & jammern, das können sie weiterhin gut🤔 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/roche-droht-...

29.01.2026 16:58 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Deals des pharmas suisses aux États-Unis: une farce au goût amer Peu avant Noël, les géants bâlois Roche et Novartis ont conclu un « deal » très attendu avec la Maison blanche sur le prix des médicaments aux États-Unis. Contrairement à ce qu’on pourrait croire, le ...

Alors que le lobby pharma ne cesse de se lamenter sur les vélléités 🇺🇸 (inoffensives pour l'instant) de baisser le prix des médicaments, le géant bâlois #Roche annonce des bénéfices nets de CHF 13,8 milliards en 2025 ! Ça va, il y a encore de la marge (bénéficiaire) 🤔 www.publiceye.ch/fr/regard/de...

29.01.2026 08:57 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Plainte en diffamation de Kolmar: un second acquittement importan... Dans le cadre d’une procédure en appel, la justice bernoise a acquitté aujourd’hui des charges de «diffamation voire calomnie» les autrices et l’auteur d’un rapport de Public Eye et TRIAL In...

Plainte en diffamation de Kolmar: les autrices et l’auteur d’un rapport de Public Eye et TRIAL ont été acquitté·e·s des charges de « diffamation voire calomnie ». La Cour a balayé l’appel et confirmé la solidité de notre enquête. Un signal fort pour la liberté d’informer ! 👉 peye.link/plainte-kolmar

28.01.2026 18:23 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Legal tools that lower medicines prices have expanded access to medicines for over two decades, new ML&P research in @bmj.com reveals. Read about study, the most comprehensive review to-date of use of @wto.org IP rules, here: medicineslawandpolicy.org/2026/01/lega...

28.01.2026 13:23 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Deals des pharmas suisses aux États-Unis: une farce au goût amer Peu avant Noël, les géants bâlois Roche et Novartis ont conclu un « deal » très attendu avec la Maison blanche sur le prix des médicaments aux États-Unis. Contrairement à ce qu’on pourrait croire, le ...

Conclu peu avant Noël, le « deal » américain de #Roche et #Novartis prévoit des rabais importants, mais sur une quantité réduite de médicaments et pour un nombre limité de patient·e·s. Qui y gagne ? Les actionnaires.
@dbdurisch.bsky.social dans #RegardDePublicEye 👉 www.publiceye.ch/fr/regard/de...

28.01.2026 08:45 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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US-Deal der Schweizer Pharma: eine bittere Farce Ende letzten Jahres kam es zum mit Spannung erwarteten «Deal» von Roche und Novartis mit dem Weissen Haus über Medikamentenpreise in den USA. Für Patient*innen dies- und jenseits des Atlantiks ist die...

Der US-Deal von #Roche & #Novartis: hohe Rabatte – aber nur auf fiktive Listenpreise. Reale Medikamentenkosten bleiben hoch, Big Pharma kassiert Milliarden-Privilegien.
Winner: Aktionäre. Loser: Gesundheitssysteme.

@dbdurisch.bsky.social in #PublicEyeStandpunkte 👉 www.publiceye.ch/de/standpunk...

26.01.2026 09:24 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Abusive pharma patents: Roche’s “mAb” empire An exclusive tally of Roche’s patent portfolio for its four monoclonal antibodies (“mAb”) treatments for breast cancer shows that, 27 years after the first product hit the market, about 100 patents st...

@publiceye.ch extensively reported about Roche's patent evergreening strategy on its breast cancer treatments trastuzumab & follow-on products. This led to complaints by competition authorities a.o. in South Africa. When will 🇨🇭start to act? www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/ph...

11.12.2025 08:22 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Belgian Regulator Presses Roche Further Over Biosimilar Abuse Allegations The Belgian Competition Authority has confirmed that it is escalating a complaint against Roche over alleged strategies used to delay biosimilar competition to rituximab and trastuzumab.

Belgian Regulator Presses Roche Further Over Biosimilar Abuse Allegations insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/l...

11.12.2025 08:14 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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The $150bn question: has the 🇮🇳 gov considered introducing drug #dataexclusivity on its own, after resisting it for decades in trade talks? Or has 🇨🇭 @SECO_StateSec helped by suggesting it could attract additional foreign investment, as reported by 🇮🇳 press? www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/keep-da...

08.12.2025 11:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

50 years after the baby formula scandal, @publiceye.ch shows that, regarding sugar, a similar malpractice continues.

In an open letter, 19 civil society organisations in 13 countries are calling on Nestlé to put an end to inacceptable double standard.

www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/cr...

18.11.2025 17:59 — 👍 7    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Nestlé accused of selling high sugar content in Africa Swiss NGO Public Eye has again accused the Swiss food giant Nestlé of selling over-sugared baby food in Africa.

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/...

19.11.2025 09:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries Campaigners say the company is contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, while the firm says it is helping to combat malnutrition Nestlé is still adding sugar to most baby cereals sold across Africa, according to an investigation by campaigners who have accused the company of “putting the health of African babies at risk for profit”. The food firm was accused of “double standards” over the researchers’ findings, which come at a time when rates of childhood obesity are rising on the continent, prompting calls for Nestlé to remove all added sugar from baby-food products. Continue reading...

Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries

17.11.2025 23:10 — 👍 167    🔁 66    💬 15    📌 25
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Sugar scandal: in Africa, Nestlé is still putting profit ahead of... More than 50 years since the baby formula scandal, a new investigation focusing on Africa shows that, regarding sugar, a similar malpractice continues. In contrast to India where, after our ...

www.publiceye.ch/en/media-cor...

18.11.2025 17:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In Afrika verkauft Nestlé weiterhin Babynahrung mit viel zugesetztem Zucker Aus der Liebe und Fürsorge von Eltern auf der ganzen Welt macht Nestlé ein äusserst profitables Geschäft rund um die Ernährung von Kleinkindern. Aber zu welchem Preis? Anderthalb Jahre nach unserem er...

Eineinhalb Jahre nach unseren ersten Enthüllungen zeigt eine neue Untersuchung zu Cerelac-Babynahrung, dass #Nestlé auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent Babys weiterhin mit Zucker vollstopft.🍼 Eine Recherche von @laurentgaberell.bsky.social, hier zu lesen 👉 www.publiceye.ch/de/themen/kr...

18.11.2025 14:09 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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En Afrique, le scandale du sucre dans les aliments pour bébés Nestlé exploite l’amour et les inquiétudes des parents, aux quatre coins du monde, pour transformer l’alimentation des jeunes enfants en un business très lucratif. Mais à quel prix? Une nouvelle enquê...

Un an et demi après nos premières révélations, une nouvelle enquête sur les céréales infantiles Cerelac montre que Nestlé continue de gaver de sucre les bébés sur le continent africain.🍼 Une enquête de @laurentgaberell.bsky.social à lire ici 👉 www.publiceye.ch/fr/thematiqu...

18.11.2025 14:14 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries Campaigners say the company is contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, while the firm says it is helping to combat malnutrition

Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries

18.11.2025 08:43 — 👍 97    🔁 33    💬 12    📌 17
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Switzerland, the benchmark country for US drug prices The US government is pressing ahead with plans to bring drug prices more into line with those in other countries, including Switzerland.

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/...

12.11.2025 08:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Abusive pharma patents: Roche’s “mAb” empire An exclusive tally of Roche’s patent portfolio for its four monoclonal antibodies (“mAb”) treatments for breast cancer shows that, 27 years after the first product hit the market, about 100 patents st...

A new study @fr.publiceye.ch shows Roche’s patent "evergreening" strategy for its HER2+ breast cancer drugs (Herceptin & Co), enabling it to rake in >CHF 156 bn & hinder timely access to affordable biosimilars until 2042.
👉 Time for 🇨🇭 to act against patent thickets www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/ph...

06.11.2025 11:20 — 👍 10    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
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Abusive pharma patents: Roche’s “mAb” empire An exclusive tally of Roche’s patent portfolio for its four monoclonal antibodies (“mAb”) treatments for breast cancer shows that, 27 years after the first product hit the market, about 100 patents st...

A new study @fr.publiceye.ch shows Roche’s patent "evergreening" strategy for its HER2+ breast cancer drugs (Herceptin & Co), enabling it to rake in >CHF 156 bn & hinder timely access to affordable biosimilars until 2042.
👉 Time for 🇨🇭 to act against patent thickets www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/ph...

06.11.2025 10:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Der Missbrauch von Patenten durch Roche gefährdet die Gesundheit Public Eye hat in einer aufwendigen Pionierstudie die Roche-Patente für seine vier Antikörpertherapien («mAb») gegen Brustkrebs gezählt. Das Resultat: 27 Jahre nach der ersten Markteinführung schützen...

💊 Neue Recherche: #Roche hält mit über 100 Sekundärpatenten sein Monopol auf Brustkrebstherapien künstlich aufrecht.
Dieses sogenannte #Evergreening verhindert günstige Generika, hält Preise hoch und schränkt weltweit den Zugang zu lebenswichtigen Behandlungen ein.

www.publiceye.ch/de/themen/ph...

06.11.2025 07:49 — 👍 39    🔁 25    💬 0    📌 0
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Roche moves Supreme Court against Natco Pharma over sale of generic Risdiplam in India | Company Business News Roche approached the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court division bench refused to bar Natco Pharma from selling the generic version of Risdiplam which is used to treat a rare genetic disorder th...

www.livemint.com/companies/ne...

14.10.2025 09:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Breaking: DHC Dismisses Roche’s Appeal in the Risdiplam Case Image from here In a huge development concerning the Risdiplam litigation saga, a division bench of the Delhi High Court has rejected the appeal against the order refusing to grant an interim injun…
09.10.2025 09:54 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Delhi HC allows Natco Pharma to sell generic Risdiplam, rejects Roche plea | Company Business News The division bench upheld the single-judge bench’s findings, which cited public interest in ensuring affordable access to SMA treatment, allowing Natco Pharma to launch a lower-cost generic despite Ro...
09.10.2025 11:01 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Verbotene Pestizide: Massive Zunahme der Exporte aus der EU Eine exklusive Recherche von Public Eye und Unearthed zeigt, dass die Europäische Union im Jahr 2024 fast 122’000 Tonnen verbotene Pestizide exportiert hat. Dabei hatte sich die EU-Kommission verpflic...

Unsere neueste Recherche mit @unearthednews.bsky.social zeigt, dass die EU trotz gegenteiliger Versprechen 2024 fast 122’000 Tonnen verbotene #Pestizide in Länder mit niedrigem oder mittlerem Einkommen exportiert hat. #Syngenta gehört zu den wichtigsten Exporteuren.
www.publiceye.ch/de/themen/pe...

23.09.2025 08:16 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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