Tag Archives: Third World Network

Reject TPP provisions on patent protection, urge AIDS groups

Posted on July 9, 2013 by

Source: Channel News Asia KUALA LUMPUR: International AIDS groups are calling for governments around the world to reject provisions in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, which will block access to generic drugs.  International AIDS groups are calling for governments … Continue reading →

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Free Trade Pact Will Restrict Access To Affordable Medicines, Activists Warn

Posted on July 4, 2013 by

Source: Huffington Post July 3 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A free trade pact being negotiated by the U.S. and 11 Asia-Pacific nations will impose aggressive intellectual property rules that could restrict access to affordable medicines in developing nations, health … Continue reading →

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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Jun13/05)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

Source: TWN 12 June 2013 Third World Network   Dear All, Yesterday  the WTO TRIPS Council approved a 8-year extension of the transition period for Least Developed Countries. This means that LDCs continue to have policy space and can defer … Continue reading →

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WHO: Concerns over draft text on R&D financing and coordination

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

 Source: SUNS Geneva, 21 May (K. M. Gopakumar) — A draft resolution on health research and development (R&D) financing and coordination for the 66th World Health Assembly (WHA) has raised critical concerns. The draft resolution is a follow-up to the … Continue reading →

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SUNS: MNC patent monopoly and takeover of generics in India

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Source: SUNS, Third World Network Published in SUNS #7286 dated 21 December 2011 New Delhi, 20 Dec (K. M. Gopakumar) – A new study reveals that multinational pharmaceutical companies are exploiting their product monopoly to charge high prices under India’s … Continue reading →

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Your pills, your food, your doctor, your water…

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

… — they are all under attack. Every time you fall ill, America gets a little richer, for we are a billion dollar market by Mira Shiva, Public Health Activist In the past year America has seen the most violent, … Continue reading →

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