Category Archives: Protest&Campaigns

Reminder! Register for panel event WHA72 Friday , 24 May on CART and CRISPR

Posted on May 21, 2019 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: Keionline 21st May, 2019   24 May 2019- KEI panel discussion- Assessing the implications of the development of new cell and gene-based therapies (including CART and CRISPR): What role should WHO play? On Friday, 24 May 2019, Knowledge Ecology International … Continue reading →

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RCEP and affordable medicines: Civil society reaches out to Minister of Commerce Suresh Prabhu

Posted on November 12, 2018 by donttradeourlivesaway

12th Nov 2018, New Delhi The RCEP ministerial meeting is taking place today, 12th November, 2018 in Singapore. It will be followed by Leaders’ Summit on 14th November. There are clear indications that countries want to wrap up the negotiations that started in … Continue reading →

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Most New Drug Patents Are for Old Remedies, Research Shows

Posted on June 15, 2018 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: Bloomberg | November 1, 2018 The U.S. patent system was designed to protect new innovations, but drugmakers are more often than not using it to protect old ones. At least 74 percent of drugs associated with new patents were medicines … Continue reading →

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New laws needed now to save lives: FTPL statement on new IP policy

Posted on June 1, 2018 by donttradeourlivesaway

  Source: Fix the Patent Laws Intellectual property policy welcomed after nine years of development JOHANNESBURG, 31 MAY 2018 – Yesterday, after nine years of development, the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) finally published the Intellectual Property Policy of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Compulsory Licensing, Doha Declaration, Fix the patent law, Patent Opposition, Patent Term Extension, TRIPS, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Patients Over Profits: Families Unite to Fight for Healthcare and Justice

Posted on May 30, 2018 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: The Wire | May 27, 2018 New Delhi: Tragedies can be tipping points for change. And through their bereavements, four families have come together to demand accountability and change from the government as well as from private hospitals. They are … Continue reading →

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South African Cabinet approves new Intellectual Property Policy

Posted on May 29, 2018 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: Fix the Patent Laws | May 24, 2018 The Fix the Patent Laws Coalition (FTPL) welcomes the news today that the Cabinet of the Government of South Africa has approved the new Intellectual Property (IP) Policy. After nine years of … Continue reading →

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Report on Pharmaceutical Patents in India – How our safeguards against evergreening have failed, and why the system must be reformed

Posted on April 27, 2018 by donttradeourlivesaway

  The recent report on “Pharmaceutical Patent Grants in India How our safeguards against evergreening have failed, and why the system must be reformed” shows immense irregularities in grant of patents in the country. Over the past decades India’s patent system has … Continue reading →

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72% of drug patent grants in India for marginal improvements, says study

Posted on April 27, 2018 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: Business Today | April 25, 2018 Majority of pharmaceutical drug patents granted by India might have skipped elaborate scrutiny, an analysis of patent grants by a team of researchers and patent lawyers reveals. The report which studied the prosecution history of … Continue reading →

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Scottish Compulsory Licensing campaign launches today

Posted on April 24, 2018 by donttradeourlivesaway

Highlighting a new campaign aimed at the Scottish government on the price of Roche’s pertuzumab for breast cancer Dunise is a Scottish woman with breast cancer. Right now she is getting access to a drug pertuzumab (Perjeta) because she live in England.

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Roche vs Indian Pharma: The battle for a cheaper cancer drug

Posted on May 18, 2017 by donttradeourlivesaway

By Divya Rajagopal, The Economic Times|May 14, 2017 Let’s hark back to the Nineties. The HIV-AIDS epidemic was spreading across Africa, leaving thousands dead, in spite of the existence of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs). The cost of the treatment, around $10,000, … Continue reading →

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