October 21, 1999 letter from Dr. Varmus rejecting “standardized transfer of manufacturing and distribution rights to the WHO or any other nonprofit organization”

On September 3, 1999, Ralph Nader, James Love and Robert Weisman wrote to Dr. Harold Varmus, then the Director of the NIH, proposing the NIH enter into an agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO), giving the WHO the right… Continue Reading

1999 Letter to NIH asking that WHO have right to use NIH funded inventions

Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312, Washington, DC 20036 James Love Consumer Project on Technology P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036 http://www.cptech.org Robert Weissman Essential Action P.O. Box 19405, Washington, DC 20036 http://www.essentialaction.org/ September 3, 1999 Dr. Harold E. Varmus Building… Continue Reading

Comments for the Working Group On Intellectual Property Rights, Third Trade Ministerial and Americas Business Forum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, May 13-16, 1997

A Free Trade Area For The Americas: A Consumer Perspective On Proposals As They Relate To Rules Regarding Intellectual Property Comments for the Working Group On Intellectual Property Rights, Third Trade Ministerial and Americas Business Forum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, May… Continue Reading

1996 Paper on Trade and Pharmaceutical Policies for HAI Seminar on WTO/GATT, Bielefeld Germany

Comments on Trade and Pharmaceutical Policies: A Perspective from the U.S. Consumer Movement HAI Seminar: World Trade Organization/GATT, Pharmaceutical Policies and Essential Drugs October 4, 1996 Bielefeld, Germany James Love Center for Study of Responsive Law (1) I would like… Continue Reading