Category Human Rights

Strong EU Trade Provisions On IP Seen As Threat To Poor Nations’ Medicines Access

BRUSSELS - Efforts by the European Union to insert strong provisions on pharmaceutical patents in a series of free trade agreements it is negotiating could imperil access to medicines in developing countries, global public health activists have alleged.

As part of trade talks being conducted with India, Colombia, Peru and a regional grouping in south-east Asia, EU officials have proposed that drug-makers should benefit from a robust intellectual property regime. National regulatory authorities in the countries concerned would be prevented for lengthy periods from using data provided by a company that holds a drug patent in order to authorise a generic version of that medicine.

Lamy invita a los Miembros de la OMC descontentos a que usen el examen del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC y la Salud Pública

Por William New Se afirma hace un tiempo que no están funcionando las disposiciones de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) destinadas a incrementar el acceso a los medicamentos de los países pobres. En respuesta a estas afirmaciones, el Director…

Pascal Lamy invite les membres de l’OMC mécontents à utiliser le réexamen de l’Accord sur les ADPIC et la santé publique

Par William New Mardi, face aux allégations de longue date qui nient l’efficacité des règles de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) visant à améliorer l’accès aux médicaments dans les pays pauvres, le Directeur général de l’OMC, Pascal Lamy, a appelé…

Accélération des efforts de l’Afrique dans la lutte anti-contrefaçon menée par les pays développés

Par Nick Wadhams pour Intellectual Property Watch NAIROBI, KENYA – Suite à la crainte d’un déferlement sur l’Afrique de contrefaçons de médicaments et de pesticides, l’organisme international chargé de l’application des lois INTERPOL ouvre la voie vers un renforcement des…

WHO Members Slow To Bridge Disagreements At Pandemic Flu Meeting

By Kaitlin Mara Four days into one-week “critical” negotiations on pandemic influenza preparedness, World Health Organization members had yet to tackle areas of core disagreement and participants were expressing doubt as to whether consensus can be achieved by week’s end.…

Generic Drugmakers, Activists Praise Lamy; Gurry Defends ‘Respect’ For IP

By William New Generic pharmaceutical producers have grown in importance in recent years despite or because of intellectual property rights, and at their annual meeting this week in Geneva they attracted the leaders of the primary intergovernmental institutions engaged in…

An Alternative Proposal For Enhancing Developing Country Access To Patented Medicines

By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch An intellectual property model intended to preserve the structure of patent protection while adding balance for developing countries has been proposed to provide incentives for innovators to contribute toward the alleviation of suffering…

Lamy Challenges Discontented WTO Members To Use TRIPS Public Health Review

By William New Confronted with longstanding assertions that World Trade Organization rules intended to bring greater access to medicines to poor countries are not working, WTO Director General Pascal Lamy said Tuesday discontented members should use the annual review of…

Droits de propriété intellectuelle et organismes génétiquement modifiés : une combinaison fatale selon les activistes

Par Catherine Saez L’extension des brevets aux organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM) et leur production dans de nombreux pays menacent les droits des agriculteurs et la biodiversité, la sécurité alimentaire dépendant de plus en plus d’une poignée d’entreprises transnationales de biotechnologie,…