WorldPost/Washington Post: Big Pharma is hurting drug innovation Mariana Mazzucato, director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose “…If governments acted with the same urgency and strategic deliberation toward improving health as they do when it comes to national defense, we might be able to transform health care…

Devex: Opinion: How public-private partnerships can tackle global health challenges Damian Halloran, Abbott’s vice president of infectious disease in emerging markets and rapid diagnostics “…[I]f the business community is going to help scale up efforts to deliver real progress [on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)], it’s crucial that it look…

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: HHS expands corporate partnership to protect against health security threats “A strategic partnership will expand between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and Johnson & Johnson of New Brunswick, New Jersey.…

Financial Times: U.K. seeks reforms on overseas aid spending “The U.K. wants to change the international definition of government aid spending to include profits from overseas investments, in the latest effort to increase the role of the private sector in development programs…” (Mance, 10/9). The Guardian: Penny Mordaunt’s planned shake-up…

Devex: Opinion: A defining moment in the fight against NCDs Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, president and chief executive officer at Novo Nordisk “…To reduce deaths from [non-communicable diseases (NCDs)], we urgently need to ensure that all people at risk of developing an NCD and those already living with an NCD have…

U.N. News: U.N.-led tobacco control advocates denounce ‘increasingly vicious’ industry interference “Tobacco giants are adopting new ways and ‘disguises’ to push their products, noxious both for people and the environment, and interfere with government efforts to regulate the sale and use of tobacco, the head of the Secretariat of the…

Live Mint: Opinion | Blended finance for meeting the SDGs Mahua Acharya, former assistant director general of the Global Green Growth Institute “Blended finance is in fashion in the development finance world. It refers to the merging of public and private funds to maximize development impact and is most often…

Devex: At anti-tobacco conference, a race to beat industry tactics “When they take their seats at the World Health Organization’s tobacco-control meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, this week, delegates [to the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties] should keep a keen eye out for unsavory tactics by the tobacco…

Devex: ‘Tax for TRIPS’ deal altered U.N. declarations on NCDs, TB “Last week, a crucial high-level political declaration on tuberculosis passed at the United Nations General Assembly secured a partial victory for advocates of affordable medicines. At the same time, a high-level declaration on noncommunicable diseases also passed at UNGA…

Devex: Opinion: An untapped approach to ensure healthier mothers and babies Mindy Neiman, director of supply chain management at Merck for Mothers, and Maryjane Lacoste, senior program officer for family planning service delivery and quality at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “What if we knew there was a proven…