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Posted December 9, 2019 by ITPC

At the 20th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2019), treatment advocates drew attention to the factors...

Read more about ICASA 2019: “Civil society will not leave the MENA region behind”

Posted October 12, 2018 by ITPC

Applications are open now for this year’s intellectual property (IP) and access to medicines online course. The course is led...

Read more about 2018 applications open! Online course on reducing barriers to essential medicines in Africa

Posted September 11, 2018 by ITPC

ITPC is delighted to be named one of three successful grantees of a new three year investment from Unitaid to...

Read more about Unitaid investment expands our work on access to medicines

Posted June 19, 2018 by ITPC

Othoman Mellouk is the Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines Lead at the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), and campaign...

Read more about IP-Watch Q&A with Othoman Mellouk: The myth behind health and trade agreements

Posted June 16, 2018 by ITPC

ITPC is proud to share its 2017 Annual Review, titled What Community Activism Can Achieve. The report highlights our successes, challenges, and...

Read more about What community activism can achieve – ITPC’s 2017 Annual Review

Posted May 11, 2018 by ITPC

Many hold the view that Gilead’s revolutionary treatment against hepatitis C (sofosbuvir) marked the beginning of a shift in position...

Read more about Collective efforts by civil society groups bar the way to Hepatitis C patents

Posted April 3, 2018 by ITPC

From Hollywood blockbusters, to investigative documentaries, to our own short, satirical animation, here are eight videos that show how the...

Read more about 8 videos that explain the tension between HIV activists and Big Pharma

Posted February 23, 2018 by ITPC

Marrakech was home to the signing of the TRIPS Agreement in 1995, an agreement that has been exploited by pharmaceutical...

Read more about Fixing the broken patent system: From Marrakech and back again

Posted January 30, 2018 by ITPC

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Read more about Storify: Pathways to Access #GSIPA2M

Posted January 15, 2018 by ITPC

Our inaugural Global Summit on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines has started today. Read Solange Baptiste’s welcoming speech below,...

Read more about IP and access to medicines: welcome speech