ITPC’s IAS 2019 highlights!
The International AIDS Society (IAS) conferences are always bursting with events, announcements and debates, and the 10th International Conference on...
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AIDS activists demand access to important cryptococcal meningitis drug
At the 10th International HIV Conference on Science (IAS 2019) taking place in Mexico City, AIDS activists protested Gilead’s inaction...
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The right to health is compulsory: Time for action on dolutegravir – now!
Why Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Romania, Russia, and Turkey must issue compulsory licences on dolutegravir...
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Old wine in new bottles: Keep TRIPS-plus provisions out of the RCEP FTA!
Intellectual property barriers, which would hinder access to affordable medicines, have supposedly been removed from the draft RCEP free-trade agreement...
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Truvada for PrEP. Gilead grilled at US congressional hearing
The USA is being charged $70 per pill for a drug, yet tax payers largely funded the research. Thanks to...
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Activists file post-grant opposition challenging a patent preventing purchase of cheaper treatment for hepatitis C
GTPI has presented an argument to the Brazilian Patent Office (INPI) to invalidate the patent granted for the drug daclatasvir....
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Advocacy in Ukraine results in drastic price reduction for HIV drug, raltegravir
The All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (the Network) has received an official letter from Merck, dated 15 March...
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Watching Brazil: In defence of democracy and human rights
Author: Andresa Porto – Political Scientist and member of GTPI. Now that the Brazilian government’s new party blocs have been...
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Watching Brazil. New monthly column analyzing the impact of Bolsonaro’s politics on civil society and access to medicines
Author: Andresa Porto – Political Scientist and member of GTPI. Translated from Portuguese, original version here. This is the first...
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Action against AbbVie. Money that could treat HIV patients ‘goes up in smoke’ in Kiev
Activists gathered outside a Kiev Court to highlight the huge amount of money being wasted on an overpriced drug, due...
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