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Take action: Health Gap starts campaign

Read what the Health Gap campaign is about: Five million people worldwide have access to HIV treatment, thanks in large part to the availability of cheap generic medication produced in India. India has a history of standing up to Big … Continue reading

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Documents: Oxfam study on data exclusivity in the US-Jordan FTA

Oxfam briefing paper – All costs, no benefits: How TRIPS-plus intellectual property rules in the US-Jordan FTA affect access to medicines “The USA continues to impose TRIPS-plus rules on developing countries, thus preventing poor people from accessing inexpensive, generic medicines. … 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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bilaterals.org: Put a hold on FTAs unfavourable to us

Source: bilaterals.org, 15.12.2010, by SM Mohamed Idris “The Malaysian government last week negotiated free trade agreements (FTAs) with the United States of America (via the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement or TPP) and the European Union (EU). [...] The US and EU … Continue reading

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KEI: US Industry IP demands on the TPP negotiations leaked

Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has received a copy of U.S. industry demands on the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations. A draft letter from US industry to USTR has been leaked [..]. The letter was prepared … Continue reading

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Public Citizen: Leaked New Zealand Paper Challenges Past U.S. FTA Models in Trans-Pacific Trade Negotiations

Washington, D.C., 04.12.2010 – Access to Medicines at Stake – A confidential Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiating paper authored by New Zealand suggests that the trade pact’s patent and copyright provisions be no more stringent than existing global standards. Warning … Continue reading

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Malaysia: NGOs handed over memorandum to Government

Malaysia, 03.12.2010 – A group of NGOs representing the Anti-FTA Coalition gathered on Thursday, 3 Dec 2010 at the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to hand over a memorandum addressed to the Minister to register their concerns … Continue reading

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Malaysian PLWHA call for end to EU and US FTA negotiations

Malaysia, 01.12.2010 – On World AIDS Day the Positive Malaysian Treatment Access & Advocacy Group (MTAAG+), a group of people living with HIV/AIDS,[1] calls on the Malaysian Government to stop negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) that could endanger access to … Continue reading

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Press: Generic drugs bring down costs in poorest countries

Source: The Independent, 01.12.2010, by Nikhil Kumar Responding to criticism of the high cost of HIV drugs, pharma firms have spent the past decade stepping up efforts to improve access to treatments in poorer countries. Initiatives range from heavy discounts … Continue reading

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Press: Big pharma and the business of HIV/AIDS

Source: The Independent, 01.12.2010, by Nikhil Kumar – Antiretrovirals have been a lucrative product for the world’s biggest drugs companies “The cost of treating HIV with antiretrovirals has plummeted during the past decade. Prices for the six most common initial … Continue reading

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