Health/Law/Human Rights. Thinking globally, meeting CanCon requirements. Disproportionately but not exclusively access to medicines/global health/humanitarian response/public health/infectious disease.https://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlo6qhoktk2bSkimming the European Union's "Union list of critical medicines" 💊📜 which is back in the news today in relation to the Critical Medicines Act... and indeed, the EU considers #bedaquiline and #albendazole to be critical medicines, even as no pharma company even attempts to market them in Canada. 🤔 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo6qhoktk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlnxqtkqms2bIn an era of increased defence spending, including explicit reference to medical countermeasures, it seems a little odd that Health Emergency Readiness Canada #HERC (launched as "Canada's BARDA") hasn't had any "latest news" since June 2025. 🤔12 May 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnxqtkqms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mln24nduvc2vWhatever happened to this Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Research study on "private sector investment in R&D in Canada"? They haven't had a meeting on it in almost 6 months... 🤔 #SRSR [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 05:20 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mln24nduvc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlmoicbnnc22Nice to see a newspaper put the blame on the right shoulders: "The Guardian view on the WHO pandemic treaty: the west’s fantasy negotiations have put the world at risk" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-who-pandemic-treaty-the-wests-fantasy-negotiations-have-put-the-world-at-risk12 May 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmoicbnnc22https://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlma2nyv2c26"Colombia wins a key court ruling over a compulsory license issued for an #HIV medicine - Consumer advocates called it an “historic” decision with regional implications in the battle over access to medicines" 💊⚖️ via @pharmalot.bsky.social https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/05/11/colombia-dolutegravir-court-case-patent-cost/11 May 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlma2nyv2c26https://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlib63wj5s2wLooking at the Canadian govt press release from 2023 when they further tightened restrictions on rhino horn imports, which notes "Domestically, between 2015 and 2021, there was an average of [...] two rhinoceros horns imported into Canada per year" which STILL seems a lot...but way less than 479.🤔 🦏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlib63wj5s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlib63wj5s2wLooking at the Canadian govt press release from 2023 when they further tightened restrictions on rhino horn imports, which notes "Domestically, between 2015 and 2021, there was an average of [...] two rhinoceros horns imported into Canada per year" which STILL seems a lot...but way less than 479.🤔 🦏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlib63wj5s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlc4acuuts2qReally seems like a lot of people (and/or news outlets) have completely forgotten about the flurry of #hantavirus articles last year in the wake of the death of Gene Hackman's wife (and, indirectly, Gene Hackman), e.g., https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/rare-virus-killed-gene-hackmans-wife-linked-3-deaths-california-town-rcna19985507 May 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc4acuuts2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlbq7xopsc23Finally, a chance to apply Donoghue v Stevenson as it was originally intended. #PaisleySnail🐌 "Maggots in Coke: Delta blames counterfeits as trial gets underway" https://www.zimlive.com/maggots-in-coke-delta-blames-counterfeits-as-trial-gets-underway/07 May 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbq7xopsc23https://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlf4oh6xnc2n👀 Whaaat? "Rhino rancher seeks South African court’s approval to export 479 rhino horns to Canada" 🤔 🦏 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-rhino-horn-rancher-south-africa-court-export/09 May 2026 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf4oh6xnc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlefrlw2bc2yThis being a niche topic I can credibly claim to have written/published more words on than anyone else... #BillC265 is a decent starting point for addressing longstanding issues with Canada's #SpecialAccessProgram, though it could definitely use both more clarity and more internal differentiation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlefrlw2bc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlebzqfykk2yWatching the House of Commons debate... Really impressed by the multiple grandstanding questions about the need to safeguard against... a drug that has had Health Canada approval for a number of years.🙄 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlebzqfykk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mldwsiphxs2kGood to see Powlowski's bill to reform the deeply flawed Special Access Program at 2nd reading, but it remains odd that despite being a doc who practiced both up North & in multiple low-income countries, his💊examples so far don't incl. basic global health (albendazole ffs) or TB #EssentialMedicines. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldwsiphxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlbkb7c4f22xOh man, this study at the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research #SRSR might actually be even grimmer than the one about handing over university R&D to private entities. https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/SRSR/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=13466423 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbkb7c4f22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlc4acuuts2qReally seems like a lot of people (and/or news outlets) have completely forgotten about the flurry of #hantavirus articles last year in the wake of the death of Gene Hackman's wife (and, indirectly, Gene Hackman), e.g., https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/rare-virus-killed-gene-hackmans-wife-linked-3-deaths-california-town-rcna19985507 May 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc4acuuts2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlbwamxf422nCome for Cadborosaurus, stay for the "“pseudo-plesiosaur carcass phenomenon", flee from the horrendous Canadian government strategy to kill off basking sharks using a large blade fixed to the bow of a patrol ship called a “razor-billed shark slasher" as horrifically pictured in Popular Mechanics. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbwamxf422nhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlbq7xopsc23Finally, a chance to apply Donoghue v Stevenson as it was originally intended. #PaisleySnail🐌 "Maggots in Coke: Delta blames counterfeits as trial gets underway" https://www.zimlive.com/maggots-in-coke-delta-blames-counterfeits-as-trial-gets-underway/07 May 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbq7xopsc23https://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlbo4l2o2k2x👀"Manitoba declares public health emergency as #HIV rates rise" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hiv-manitoba-public-health-emergency-9.719100407 May 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbo4l2o2k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3mlbkb7c4f22xOh man, this study at the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research #SRSR might actually be even grimmer than the one about handing over university R&D to private entities. https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/SRSR/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=13466423 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbkb7c4f22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3ml4mg2bvhk2lAlways interesting to read an article like this, from GSK's VP of "market access", and think about challenges in Canada accessing GSK-innovated drugs💊 like #albendazole - a WHO #EssentialMedicine since the 1980s - that #GSK has never bothered to even attempt to sell in Canada in the past 4 decades.🙄05 May 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4mg2bvhk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3ml7q3i6dic2r👀"Rabid beaver attacks 8-year-old boy, other park guests at New Jersey lake" #rabies 🦫 https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/beaver-attack-boy-nj-lake-positive-rabies/6498722/06 May 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7q3i6dic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3ml7lxppkb222Plant Breeders' Rights🌱are outside my intellectual property wheelhouse but I'd certainly be leery if I saw similar "support innovation and greater choice for consumers" language from the government, let alone explicit IP term extensions and restrictions on end use, for, say,💊pharmaceutical patents.🤔06 May 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7lxppkb222https://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3ml4uz3qxjc2lCan't help wondering whether or not someone is scrambling to update the Government of Canada's #hantavirus pages with data newer than 2015.05 May 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4uz3qxjc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3ml63cyohjs24👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml63cyohjs24https://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3ml4uz3qxjc2lCan't help wondering whether or not someone is scrambling to update the Government of Canada's #hantavirus pages with data newer than 2015.05 May 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4uz3qxjc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3ml4mg2bvhk2lAlways interesting to read an article like this, from GSK's VP of "market access", and think about challenges in Canada accessing GSK-innovated drugs💊 like #albendazole - a WHO #EssentialMedicine since the 1980s - that #GSK has never bothered to even attempt to sell in Canada in the past 4 decades.🙄05 May 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4mg2bvhk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/healthlawadamh.bsky.social/post/3ml32qcgvv222Oh man, the long-form Canadian census is indeed... long. 🧮📜05 May 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:ojq7ut3gnsgnu3pwdv6rh3wc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml32qcgvv222