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Access to Medicines: |
WTO Negotiations and
Medicine Access:
October 2003. Just prior to the World Trade
Organization (WTO) Conference in Cancun,
trade ministers decided
the fate of the "Doha Declaration" on
public health, a document unanimously approved by the WTO in November
2001. The Doha Declaration verified that governments of poor countries could produce
or import generic versions of patented medicines when facing public health problems.
But the
Where do profits go? Back into R&D? The pharmaceutical industry's tax forms suggest otherwise:
(Source: Securities & Exchange Comm., 2002)
University Research and Medicine
Access:
October-December, 2003. Students from around the US, UK and Canada are working with patent experts and university officials to change collegiate licensing systems among research institutions. Their goal is to reform patent procedures at northern research universities in order to maximize access to future pharmaceuticals and other medical innovations for the poor. See www.essentialmedicines.org more information.
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Patents & Medicines-How do patents affect access to medicines? -Questioning common criticisms of generics -R&D and the pharmaceutical industry -Facts & Figures on the patent-based pharmaceutical industry -The pharmaceutical industry and American policymakers -US trade sanctions against poor countries -An example: generic drugs in Uganda -- The FTAA and Access to Medicines -A Quick Explanation -Details from Doctors Without Borders -General problems with the FTAA -- The WTO and Access
to Medicines -A Quick Explanation of TRIPS -Understanding the Doha Declaration -How -How the WTO operates -- Debunking
Fallacies -Generic Medicines in Brazil -Providing AIDS treatment to the poor -Why drug donations aren’t the solution -- Resources
-A database on drug access -The Access to Essential Medicines Campaign |
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Involved: -A Student Initiative -Prepping for Miami -- The Basics-Problematic approaches to fighting the AIDS pandemic -Structural adjustment and public health -African health system disintegration -Water privatization and public health -- 'Free trade' and public health in Latin America-The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and health -The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and health -The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and health -- Further reading (books)-Global inequality and the health of the poor -Pathologies of Power -Development and disintegration in Thailand -- Texts of -The TRIPS Agreement -The Doha Declaration -The Draft FTAA -The U.S.-Chile FTA (template for CAFTA) -The US Trade Rep's 2003 Agenda -- Online courses -The political, social and economic aspects of the AIDS pandemic -Health activism
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