In The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Alexandra Finch & @gostin.bsky.social examine the regulation of gene therapy research in the US & how oversight of the field has evolved, particularly in the wake of ordered cuts to NIH-funded research. Read their new commentary: https://ow.ly/Kv2R50YzjC2

How Gene Therapy Research Has Evolved and the Future of Oversight | Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics | Cambridge Core

How Gene Therapy Research Has Evolved and the Future of Oversight - Volume 54 Issue 1

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Last month, Alexandra Finch joined ENSURED and other experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities for reforming #GlobalHealth governance following the adoption of the landmark WHO pandemic agreement. Watch the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_YqKdduBak

New Global Health Law column on FirstView: "US Global Health Leadership: The First Year of the Second Trump Administration" by Lawrence O. Gostin, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social , and @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social . #Trump #TrumpAdministration #RFK #HHS #WHO www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New Health Affairs piece from @gostin.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

On @ninetonoonrnz.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social unpacks the vital global health programs now at risk as the U.S. pulls funding from the WHO—and what the fallout could mean for disease prevention and health outcomes worldwide. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

How might the US's planned withdrawal from the WHO

Towards the end of January this year the US President signed a notice to withdraw from the World Health Organisation, but what are the implications for global health and the WHO's ability to track any...

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Following a landmark agreement between WHO member states on a new #PandemicAgreement, @nschwalbe.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social spoke to @nytimes.com on this conclusion’s “groundbreaking” nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...

Countries Agree on Treaty Aimed at Preventing Global Health Crises

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Trump’s new executive order cutting funding for gain-of-function research is “mere political theater, rather than a serious plan to strengthen our preparedness for the next pandemic,” write @gostin.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social in an @msnbc.com piece. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"Lives lost will be lost forever, programs eliminated may never return, and lost trust will be exceedingly hard to regain." O'Neill's @gostin.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social reflect on the first 100 days of the Trump Presidency. @milbankfund.bsky.social. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

The First 100 Days of the Trump Presidency | Milbank Memorial Fund

In a radio address on July 24, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) coined the first “hundred days” as a measure of presidential effectiveness. Within

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"Its adoption is not only a significant achievement for global health but is a signal that multilateralism, despite all odds, is alive and well." Read O'Neill expert @alexandrafinch.bsky.social's reflections on the #PandemicAgreement. @lowyinstitute.bsky.social www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

The World Health Assembly adopts a historic Pandemic Agreement

While the text could have been more ambitious, it nonetheless provides a firm foundation for action on pandemics.

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🔔 New on the Global Observatory: How the Landmark Pandemic Agreement Addresses Technology Transfer and Access to Pandemic Response Products by Alexandra Finch 👉 A must-read to understand the aspects of technology transfer in case of a future pandemic: theglobalobservatory.org/2025/05/how-...

How the Landmark Pandemic Agreement Addresses Technology Transfer and Access to Pandemic Response Products - IPI Global Observatory

One of the core goals of the Pandemic Agreement is to tackle global disparities in access to vaccines, diagnostics, and treatments. A key part of this effort involves technology transfer—the sharing o...

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"The agreement’s adoption is not only a significant achievement for global health security but also a powerful testament to solidarity and multilateralism in a geopolitical climate increasingly hostile to international norms and institutions." Read more from O'Neill's @alexandrafinch.bsky.social.

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🔔 New on the Global Observatory: How the Landmark Pandemic Agreement Addresses Technology Transfer and Access to Pandemic Response Products by Alexandra Finch 👉 A must-read to understand the aspects of technology transfer in case of a future pandemic: theglobalobservatory.org/2025/05/how-...

🚨New @jama.com Viewpoint 🚨 O'Neill's @gostin.bsky.social, Sam Halabi, and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social join forces for a new piece about the #PandemicAgreement and what it means for future health emergencies. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The WHO Pandemic Agreement

This Viewpoint describes the World Health Assembly’s newly adopted Pandemic Agreement, which lays a framework for action including preventing zoonotic spillovers, health system preparedness, and equit...

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Pandemic treaty and IHR amendment negotiations marked a rare departure from past practice for @who.int & states. Now out in @jlme-journal.bsky.social, @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social & I examine global health law's evolving normative landscape. tinyurl.com/mptjk9tr

To support federal workers who have recently left government service, @georgetownlaw.bsky.social is offering a substantially reduced LL.M. tuition rate of 50% for programs, including the LL.M. in National & Global Health Law. For a fall 2025 start, learn more: grad.georgetown.edu/opportunitie...

Yesterday, WHO member states agreed on a historic #PandemicTreaty. @nytimes.com highlighted commentary from global health experts — including Sr Scholar @nschwalbe.bsky.social and Sr Associate @alexandrafinch.bsky.social — on this conclusion's “groundbreaking” nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...

WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty

The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.

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The #PandemicAccord is moving forward! Grateful to @stephanienolen.bsky.social for her coverage and for speaking to @conservationdoc.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, and @deisyventura.bsky.social on the power and potential of this history agreement. bit.ly/42h05G1

WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty

The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.

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Thrilled about this news out of the @who.int. If adopted next month, the pandemic treaty will leave us all safer. @alexandrafinch.bsky.social , @nschwalbe.bsky.social and I shared a few thoughts on this with the NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...

WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty

The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.

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💚 Consensus on the pandemic agreement! OUR JOINT STATEMENT: "We congratulate @who.int Member States for finalizing the text of the HISTORIC pandemic agreement, for putting cooperation over nationalism and for standing together against pandemic threats." www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/a-commi...

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Joint Statement on Finalizing the Pandemic Agreement Text

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Sharing our new @thelancet.bsky.social piece on spillover prevention & #OneHealth in the WHO #PandemicAgreement. We call on states to adopt the agreement next month. Huge thanks to @alexandrafinch.bsky.social for leading this. Let's get this done and make the world a safer place! bit.ly/3E7RKeu

The promise and compromise of the WHO Pandemic Agreement for spillover prevention and One Health

As scientists, health professionals, and lawyers engaged in reducing pandemic spillover risks, we recognise the urgent need for, and immense potential of, a robust international agreement on pandemic ...

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The pandemic agreement’s failure is not an option! @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, Lawrence O. Gostin, and Dame Barbara Stocking detail the sticking points and lay out a path forward. #INB13 www.devex.com/news/opinion...

Opinion: Failing to finalize a pandemic agreement is not an option

The final round of negotiations on the pandemic agreement is currently underway. Here are three key outstanding issues and suggested ways forward to achieve a victory for global health.

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This week is the final negotiations on a landmark #PandemicAgreement. In @devex.com, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, @gostin.bsky.social, and Dame Barbara Stocking explain the stakes of this historic moment and offer solutions to the current outstanding issues. www.devex.com/news/opinion...

in letter to co-chairs and govts of INB, we argue requiring tech sharing in pandemics to be voluntary = backwards, based on a model that has failed + will fail. Urge governments to avoid and pass the treaty. @alexandrafinch.bsky.social @nschwalbe.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/will-pandemi...

Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted By A Handful Of Words? - Health Policy Watch

On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using

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In a new @thelancet.bsky.social comment, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, @gostin.bsky.social, and other leading experts explore the draft WHO #PandemicAgreement and how it would serve as the first binding international agreement on spillover prevention and One Health. bit.ly/3E7RKeu

The promise and compromise of the WHO Pandemic Agreement for spillover prevention and One Health

As scientists, health professionals, and lawyers engaged in reducing pandemic spillover risks, we recognise the urgent need for, and immense potential of, a robust international agreement on pandemic ...

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Spelling out what the US withdrawal from WHO means for all of us. (not a happy read) Thanks @lowyinstitute.bsky.social @alexandrafinch.bsky.social www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

The INB held a meeting in Geneva to discuss a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. @alexandrafinch.bsky.social represented the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, as they discussed the importance of a proposed pandemic agreement. Learn more: gphcpanel.org

As I wrote in January, we should worry about the en-masse US retreat from multilateralism not just because it leaves a yawning gap in financing IOs, but because it will urge other gov'ts with similar impulses to follow suit. Not surprised by this 👇🏼

Argentina to withdraw from World Health Organization after Trump exit

Argentina will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said on Wednesday, following President Donald Trump's executive order last month to pull the United States out of the global health group.

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🚨Breaking (very bad) news from Devex's Michael Igoe. The newly installed director of State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance sent a global cable Friday ordering an immediate pause on new foreign aid and a stop-work order for existing grants and contracts. Read more here 👇🏼 bit.ly/4aAshX0

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🚨😷🧪 NEW: A growing body of evidence shows that pandemics, biodiversity loss, and climate change are part of a broader polycrisis - but there are no simple solutions. A sweeping overview of "Pathogens and planetary change" for the first issue of @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, out now 🔓 rdcu.be/d6lHl

Lawrence Gostin and Eric Friedman warn that potential funding cuts to HIV/AIDS, vaccines, and pandemic preparedness could have devastating global consequences. Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/amer...

American Global Health Leadership in a Second Trump Administration

The Trump administration may undermine U.S. leadership and the international system of global health cooperation. Pandemic preparedness, resilient health systems and reproductive rights will suffer wo...

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