Tag Archives: European Parliament

Parliament asks, de Gucht answers

Parliamentary questions 6 December 2010: Subject: Trade agreements and generic medicines The Commission is currently negotiating a new free trade agreement with India. There are concerns that proposals within the draft agreement regarding data exclusivity may limit the right of Indian … Continue reading

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IP Watch: Europe’s Outlook For 2011: EU Patent, Digital Content, Innovation And Free Trade

Source: Intellectual Property Watch, 13.01.2011, by Dugie Standeford Excerpt – “New Medical Innovation Models Coming? In November 2010, the European Parliament hosted a discussion on biomedical innovation with a view to formulating EU policies, Knowledge Ecology International, TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue, … Continue reading

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Video: Ska Keller, Member of the European Parliament, supports Hands off-campaign

Ska Keller, Member of the European Parliament (Green Party), supports the “Hands off our medicine” campaign by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Link to the campaign website: https://action.msf.org/en_CH

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Draft Common Motion for a Resolution on ACTA

European Parliament, 23.11.2010: Draft Common Motion for a Resolution on ACTA Download here

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IP Watch: EU Leak On ACTA Shows Path To Completion

Negotiators of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement will meet again after all to “finalise the legal scrub of the ACTA text” and to solve issues “of a technical nature,” according to recently leaked documents from the European Commission. They also show … Continue reading

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Alexandra Heumber, MSF Access Campaign, giving a speech at the European Parliament

European Parliament, Brussels, 17. Febuary 2009 – Alexandra Heumber, IP Policy Adviser, MSF Access to Essential Medicines Campaign was giving a speech at the European Parliament on TRIPS plus provisions and Access to medicines in the current EU FTAs and … Continue reading

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Cancer Patients Aid Association’s letter to Member of European Parliament

The Cancer Patients Aid Association has written a letter to Mr. Sajjad H. Karim, Member of the Parliament for the North West of England, stating that the EU-India free trade agreement will have a negative impact on prices of cancer … Continue reading

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