Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Public Medications - How states can kickstart the public manufacture, purchase, and sale of pharmaceuticals, as recently seen in California, Maine, and Washington with insulin.
Dana Brown Director of Health & Economy, Democracy Collaborative
Zain Rizvi Research Director, Public Citizen
Pete Davis Co-founder & Executive Director, The Democracy Policy Network (DPN)
0:00 Introduction
1:30 The current pharma failures
5:30 Public med policy
8:45 Public med worldwide
11:00 Movement in the states
16:00 Knowledge sharing & patents
17:55 Lessons from COVID19
20:00 What public meds means
23:00 Role of the public sector
Report on medications thenextsystem.org/medicineforall
Past briefing on public med policy https://newsletter.democracypolicy.network/publicmedicationsbriefing/
Statehouse Futures 2022: A Progressive Policy and Strategy Summit for a New Generation of Leaders - host on July 19th by the Democracy Policy Network (DPN), Run For Something Action Fund (RFS), & the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC). StatehouseFutures.org
Public Medications - How states can kickstart the public manufacture, purchase, and sale of pharmaceuticals, as recently seen in California, Maine, and Washington with insulin.
Dana Brown Director of Health & Economy, Democracy Collaborative
Zain Rizvi Research Director, Public Citizen
Pete Davis Co-founder & Executive Director, The Democracy Policy Network (DPN)
0:00 Introduction
1:30 The current pharma failures
5:30 Public med policy
8:45 Public med worldwide
11:00 Movement in the states
16:00 Knowledge sharing & patents
17:55 Lessons from COVID19
20:00 What public meds means
23:00 Role of the public sector
Report on medications thenextsystem.org/medicineforall
Past briefing on public med policy https://newsletter.democracypolicy.network/publicmedicationsbriefing/
Statehouse Futures 2022: A Progressive Policy and Strategy Summit for a New Generation of Leaders - host on July 19th by the Democracy Policy Network (DPN), Run For Something Action Fund (RFS), & the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC). StatehouseFutures.org
