The attached is a February 24, 2005 letter signed by 162 experts, asking the World Health Organization to Evaluate New Treaty Framework for Medical Research and Development The proposal for a Medical R&D Treaty (MRDT) was designed as an alternative… Continue Reading
This is a letter, dated July 22, 2004, by six consumer groups, asking Robert Zoellick and other members of the Bush Administration, to change US trade policy, so that research and development, rather than intellectual property rights, were the focus.… Continue Reading
Implementing TRIPS safeguards with particular attention to administrative models for compulsory licensing of patents WHO meeting in Harare, ZimbabweAugust 21, 2001(with additional references to November Doha declaration) James LoveConsumer Project on Technology I. Introduction. TRIPS obligations raise broad public health… Continue Reading
Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312 Washington, DC 20036 July 23, 2001 Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland Director-General World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Dear Dr. Brundtland: It has been encouraging in recent years to see the WHO… Continue Reading
2000: Paying for health care R&D – Carrots and Sticks James Love* October 19, 2000 *Thirukumaran Balasubramaniam provided research for this paper. Table of Contents Introduction Failures of the Market Investors cannot appropriate all the benefits of research. R&D is… Continue Reading
CPT has been highly critical of the exclusive marketing provisions in the US and the proposed EU orphan drug acts. Pharmaceutical companies now obtain 20 year patents for inventions, and investments in clinical trials and other research required for drug… Continue Reading
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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
30 April 1997 USTR REPORT ON SPECIAL 301 ANNUAL REVIEW FACT SHEET “SPECIAL 301” ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ACTIONS TAKEN Acting United States Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky today announced the Administration’s decision with respect to this year’s review under the… Continue Reading