Tag Archives: Barack Obama

U.S. AIDS Policy vs. U.S. Trade Policy

The U.S. hopes to grant more power to pharmaceutical monopolies operating in developing nations — and that could seriously threaten world AIDS efforts.By Peter Maybarduk, Op-Ed Contributor On World AIDS Day, December 1, President Barack Obama announced plans to bring … Continue reading

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9 TPP nations aim to reach accord in Nov

The Daily Yomiuri 13 Oct 2011 Koichi Uetake / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer The Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade accord was originally an economic partnership agreement signed by the four countries of Brunei, Chile, Singapore and New Zealand and came into … Continue reading

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Former supreme court judge concerned about data exclusivity

In November 2010 Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh received a letter from former supreme court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer. Attached to the letter is an “Analysis of Patents issues in their true perspective – talks with the US on the … Continue reading

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Press: Tying the Indo-US trade knot

Source: Business Standard, 25.11.2010, article by T S Vishwanath A trade agreement between the two nations would have to factor in US’ concerns about IPRs and India’s anxiety about market access New Delhi – Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma … Continue reading

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Press statement: Health Gap on Obama’s visit to India

Washington DC, 05. November 2010 – President Obama Travels to India Bearing Broken Promises on Access to Generic AIDS Medicines. Why Is the U.S. Lobbying for Intellectual Property Rights That Will  Drive Up the Cost of AIDS Drugs?

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