Tag: Intellectual Property
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New Study : Assessment of national intellectual property landscapes and their impact on access to medicines (Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia)
Title: A tool to assess how friendly to access-to-medicines your law is Background Provisions of intellectual property (IP) may have an important impact on access to medicines. For instance, the monopoly granted by the patent prevents competition with generics on the market and is often responsible for high prices. Along the years, IP provisions grow…
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ITPC-MENA organize its Middle East and North Africa Community Advisory board (MENACAB)
The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition in Middle East and North Africa (ITPC-MENA) is organizing its Middle East and North Africa Community Advisory board (MENACAB), in late November in Marrakech.The MENACAB is a treatment advocate network which main aim is to improve access to strategic information for people living with HIV, Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and tuberculosis…
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ITPC-MENA at the Mediterranean Symposium on HIV and Hepatitis (AFRAMED 2017)
ITPC-MENA at 2nd Mediterranean Symposium on HIV and Hepatitis (AFRAMED 2017) Join ITPC-MENA at AFRAMED 2017 – Hammamet Join ITPC_MENA at 2nd Mediterranean Symposium on HIV and Hepatitis (AFRAMED 2017) in Tunis and Hammamet from 27 – 30 September 2017. We are co-hosting and participating in many sessions. Check out our flyer below for our full…
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IAS 2017: Closing ceremony exposes Gilead Sciences
Conference funders, Gilead Sciences, named and shamed for its “insatiable greed” Yesterday, the 9th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science in Paris (IAS 2017), drew to a close, in style. The community address delivered by Othoman Mellouk, during the closing ceremony, exposed one of the key conference sponsors, Gilead. Mellouk, who is the Intellectual Property…
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HIV Activists Denounce ViiV for Denying 3.5 million People Access to Optimal Treatment
Source : ITPC GLOBAL Today, Monday, 24 July 2017, during the 9th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science in Paris (IAS 2017), HIV treatment activists from around the world collectively blocked access to ViiV Healthcare’s promotional booth and stormed its presentation to physicians. The action, which included taping off ViiV’s booth, to deny access to…
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Access to medicines amendment of the WTO TRIPS Agreement– hype or hope?
By: Ellen ‘t Hoen, Global Health Unit Department of Health Sciences, UMCG Groningen, e.f.m.t.hoen@umcg.nl On 30 January the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced the first ever amendment to the TRIPS Agreement under the headline WTO members welcome entry into force of amendment to ease access to medicines. WTO members were celebrating and some media reported the…
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Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement
WTO members on 6 December 2005 approved changes to the WTO’s intellectual property (TRIPS) agreement in order to make permanent a decision on patents and public health originally adopted in 2003. This was formally built into the TRIPS Agreement after acceptance of the Protocol amending the TRIPS Agreement by two thirds of the WTO’s members.…
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Civil Society Calls on WHO to Include Report from UN’s High Level Panel on Medicines on WHO Board Agenda
Dear Director General Dr. Margaret Chan Request to include discussion of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel Report on Access to Medicines at the next WHO Board meeting As members of the Make Medicines Affordable campaign, and other Civil Society and Community Based Organizations working on access to medicines in developing countries, we express…
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Morocco: Creation of a collective for t the right to health in the framework of the negotiations of the EU ALECA
At a time when the Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union are preparing to resume negotiations on the “comprehensive and thorough free trade agreement” (FTAA), Moroccan civil society unites to bell Alarm about ALECA’s danger of access to generics in our country. A collective for the preservation of the right to health in Morocco in…
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African Treatment Advocates Call on ViiV Healthcare to Unlock Access to Dolutegravir for North Africa Now
Harare, December 1st, 2015 Today, at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), treatment advocates and activists from all over Africa united to urge ViiV Healthcare to allow affordable access to an essential drug in four North African countries. A voluntary license from Viiv Healthcare will enable all other countries in Africa…