The following is the text of a letter to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General Elect, World Health Organization (WHO), asking for a review of the Essential Drugs List (EDL) as it relates to patented products. Consumer Project on Technology http://www.cptech.org December… Continue Reading
Here is a link to the text of the WHO EB’s draft resolution on the resport of the WHO Commission on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH). http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/who/WHOcipih280406.html from the mini EB meeting on April 28. The US government… Continue Reading
This is a joint statement by that NGOs presented to negotiators in 2005, as the WTO considered an amendment on TRIPS and public health, to address cases where medicines would be exported to countries with “insufficient or no manufacturing capacity.”… Continue Reading
Schumer’s October 16, 2005 press release As Avian Flu Closes In On U.S., Schumer Calls For Immediate Action: Demands Suspension Of Tamiflu Patent So Vaccine Can Be Mass-Produced, Dramatically Increasing Supply Tamiflu, the Only Effective Treatment of Bird Flu in… Continue Reading
R 131556Z – October 13, 2005FM AMEMBASSY BRAZILIATO SECSTATE WASHDC 3176SUBJECT: ABBOTT AND GOB REACH DEAL TO AVOID COMPULSORY LICENSE 1. SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED – PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Summary. On October 10, Abbott Laboratories and Brazil’s Ministry of… Continue Reading
P 011726Z SEP 05 –September 5, 2005FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIATO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2703SUBJECT: BRAZILIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH SLOWS THE PACE ON COMPULSORY LICENSING 1. (SBU) Summary. On August 30, DCM, accompanied by selected members of Country Team, met with Ministry… Continue Reading
R 122031Z AUG 05 – August 12, 2005FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIATO SECSTATE WASHDC 2501SUBJECT: Brazil’s National Health Council Recommends Compulsory Licensing of Antiretrovirals 1. SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary. Adding to the tension surrounding negotiations between the ministry of… Continue Reading
R 281104Z JUN 05 – June 28, 2005FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIATO SECSTATE WASHDC 1902SUBJECT: BRAZIL GIVES ABBOTT TEN DAYS BEFORE BREAKING PATENT 1. (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Summary. On Friday June 24, the GoB announced a declaration of “public… Continue Reading
R 031944Z JUN 05 – June 3, 2005FROM: American Embassy BrasiliaTO: Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH U.S. PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS THREATENED WITH LICENSING 1. (SBU) Summary. On May 24 and 25, U.S. pharmaceutical companies Gilead Sciences, Abbott Laboratories,… Continue Reading
William Patry, The U.S. Government and Copyright. The Patry Copyright Blog, May 4, 2005. Until 1960, the doctrine of sovereign immunity seemed to preclude recovery against the United States for infringement. This changed on September 6, 1960 when [the Congress… Continue Reading