Monthly Archives: November 2011

Video: India: Novartis Tries to Weaken Patent Laws That Protect Patients

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Novartis update by Lawyers Collective: Supreme Court to hear Novartis’ petition in February–March 2012 [29 November 2011]

29 November 2011, New Delhi. Novartis’ Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court of India challenging the decision of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) rejecting its appeal for a patent on the beta-crystalline form of imatinib mesylate, an … Continue reading

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Stop the India-EU FTA Negotiations, Decimator of the ‘Pharmacy of the World’! Dismiss the Novartis’ case! Abolish the KORUS FTA right now!

US and EU are threatening lives of people living with disease now. The India-EU FTA is an agreement which risk patients’ health none the more than the KORUS FTA. Especially, the India-EU FTA endangers lives of people living with disease … Continue reading

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Novartis case: New date and the government’s defence

  Loon Gangte (DNP+): Today, looking at the sensitivity of the Novartis Case and the time required to hear the matter properly, the Court has decided to give it more time and has scheduled it for the 28th of February 2012. These will be … Continue reading

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Press Release: Chaotic US – Korean Free Trade Agreement can seriously affect public health response in South Korea

Bangkok, Thailand, 27 November 2011: We, the under signed civil society organisations working on HIV, AIDS and human rights express grave concern about the manner in which the KORUS Free Trade agreement was passed in the South Korean Parliament on … Continue reading

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Leaked Text: Draft Chapter of IP of India-EFTA FTA

Click here to see the draft text of Intellectual Property Rights chapter being negotiated between India and EFTA as in 2009. EFTA-India FTA – IPR Chapter, 2009 Delegations from the four EFTA States and India met for a ninth round … Continue reading

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INDIA UNDER PRESSURE TO GIVE UP ON GENERIC PRODUCTION – FTA NEGOTIATIONS AND NOVARTIS CASE

Health and HIV groups should be concerned about the future of low cost generic production as both – FTA negotiations on intellectual property (IP) with the European Commission (EC) and the Novartis legal challenge to a key public health safeguard in the Indian patent … Continue reading

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Bayer withdraws writ petition against Natco’s CL application

24-11-11 Source: Livemint C.H. Unnikrishnan Bayer had in the writ petition challenged the Indian patent office’s decision to publish Natco’s compulsory licensing application for public review Mumbai: In a new twist to the ongoing legal battle between German drug multinational … Continue reading

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South Korea Clears U.S. Trade Deal

Wall Street Journal Nov 23, 2011 By EVAN RAMSTAD South Korean legislators scuffled and one opposition MP let off a teargas device, briefly clearing the chamber. South Korea’s ruling conservatives pushed a controversial free trade deal with the United States … Continue reading

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Lancet article by Joseph E Stiglitz: Trade agreements and health in developing countries

Source: Lancet 31-Jan-2009 Politicians champion free trade for bringing an era of high and stable growth, although the evidence supporting such claims is ambiguous. Studies that associate increases in trade with increases in gross domestic product often leave open questions of … Continue reading

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