Tag Archives: Aids

Oxfam calls on EU not to shut down ‘pharmacy of the developing world’

“At a time of declining aid budgets, efforts to increase medicine prices for the world’s poor would have a devastating impact on the achievement of health-related Millennium Development Goals.” Rohit Malpani Oxfam Policy Advisor Published: 9 February 2012 On the … Continue reading

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A Trade Barrier to Defeating AIDS

By TINA ROSENBERG July 26, 2011 Earlier this month, the patent pool received its first donation of rights from a pharmaceutical manufacturer, Gilead Sciences.  It is an important step  — but the terms Gilead negotiated are also confirmation of a … Continue reading

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Medicine Patent Pool’s agreement with Gilead: Is it really a fair deal?

Recently, Medicine Patent Pool signed its first agreement with pharmaceutical company Gilead for the production of the HIV medicines tenofovir, emtricitabine, cobicistat, and elvitegravir as well as a combination of these products in a single pill known as the “Quad.” Click … Continue reading

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Global Access Licensing as means to increase access to medicines

Read here an interesting blog article by UAEM suggesting Global Access Licensing as means for ensuring that public funded research on medical innovation reaches to people living in the developing countries on affordable prices. Global Access Licensing would allow generic … Continue reading

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AIDS Fight Hits Hurdle Over Funding

Global Economy Crimps Contributions to Developing Nations for Drugs Recently Shown to Curb Spread  Wall Street Journal By BETSY MCKAY And MARK SCHOOFS In advance of a major United Nations meeting on the global AIDS epidemic, public-health leaders face a … Continue reading

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