Tag Archives: European Union

US and EU Derailing Ten-year Process to Create Health Research & Development Convention

Source: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) 24 May 2012 The US and European Union delegations to the World Health Assembly are currently blocking efforts to move towards a binding convention on health R&D aimed at filling critical medical gaps for people … Continue reading

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Minister-level meeting next month on India-EU free trade agreement

Source: Economic Times 20 May 2012 NEW DELHI: In a bid to fast track the much-delayed negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement between India and European Union, commerce minister Anand Sharma will hold comprehensive discussions with EU trade commissioner … Continue reading

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Rapporteur Urges EU Parliament to Reject Anti-Counterfeiting Pact

Source: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development – Intellectual Property Programme 2 May 2012 The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) hit a new roadblock last week, as ACTA rapporteur David Martin formally asked the EU Parliament to reject the … Continue reading

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India opposes pharma piracy pact by 10 nations

Source: The Economic Times 3 March 2012 NEW DELHI: India has strongly opposed an anticounterfeiting trade agreement by a small group of countries including the US, Switzerland, Canada and Japan recently, which it feels will be used to stop the … Continue reading

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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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Protest by AIDS activists in UK against India-EU FTA today

Affordable HIV medicines are being threatened!! 6 February 2012 After nearly four years of back and forth negotiating between the EU and India , on Friday 10th February the terms of the free trade agreement (FTA) will be announced at the EU-India Summit … Continue reading

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Poser over medicine supplies:GLOBAL TRENDS

By MARTIN KHOR Source: The Star January 9, 2012 Patients worldwide suffering from various ailments have benefited from cheap generic Indian drugs. But will Indian companies be able to supply new drugs in the future? INDIA may be more famous … Continue reading

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Intense talks to continue on India-EU FTA next week

Source: Economic Times PTI Nov 18, 2011, 07.20pm IST NEW DELHI: The European Union today said it wants an “ambitious”free trade agreement with India which would be of benefit to both the sides which are working full steam to find solutions to certain … Continue reading

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European Commission – Press release – Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against Johnson & Johnson and Novartis

Source: European C0mmission Brussels, 21 October 2011 – The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation, on its own initiative, to assess whether contractual arrangements between US-based pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson and the generic branches of the Swiss-based company … Continue reading

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Snapshot of negotiations of UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York

Update of negotiations held on 25 May 2011 Treatment Targets While countries have agreed to have references to the 6 million people living with HIV on treatment and the 10 million PLHIVs who still need it with in para 10 … Continue reading

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