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

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

Four Years of Struggles to Free the Law (CFP-95 presentation)

Originally posted to TAP-INFO – An Internet newsletter no longer published. —————————————————————– TAXPAYER ASSETS PROJECT – INFORMATION POLICY NOTE Crown Jewels – Legal Information March 23, 1995 Four Years of Struggles to Free the Law Background Comments for Conference on… Continue Reading

1994: Pharmaceutical Drugs, Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health: A Consumer Perspective from the United States

Pharmaceutical Drugs, Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health: A Consumer Perspective from the United States James Packard Love* Presented at XV Asamblea General de la Asociaión Latinoamericana de Industrias Farmacéuticas San Carlos de Bariloche – Río Negro – Argentina 11… Continue Reading