April 28, 2016 letter regarding US Senate Finance threats over compulsory license on Novartis cancer drug patents
Colombia
Senator Hatch, before pressuring Colombia over cancer drug compulsory license, wanted one for Napster
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Switzerland pressures Colombia to deny compulsory license on imatinib
Ambassador Livia Leu, Head of the Bilateral Economic Relations Division and Delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements, Switzerland
Colombian Submission to the WHO IGWG negotiation favors drug company positions on IP
By resolution WHA 59.24, the WHO’s Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property (IGWG) has the goal of producing a Global Strategy and Plan of Action that will implement the CIPIH report recommendations and “secure an enhanced and sustainable basis for needs-driven, essential health research and development relevant to diseases that disproportionately affect developing countries, proposing cle Continue Reading