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Ukraine hosts regional congress on intellectual property and access to medicines
Over 100 people from more than 10 countries met in Kiev for the ‘Congress on Intellectual Property (IP) and Access...
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Ukraine: First civil society organization to oppose Merck’s patent application ( MK-8591) on the grounds of “obviousness”
On 28 May 2019, 100 Percent Life (the Network) submitted an opposition to the Ukrainian Patent and Trademark Office against...
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Politics of Death: The End of Brazil’s Department of AIDS
Adapted from a post published by ABIA, Global AIDS Policy Watch: A joint story from Brazilian NGOs that have denounced...
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Pipeline patents – Brazilian Supreme Court decides on the present and the future
On Wednesday 22 May, the largest trial in the history of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) involving the pharmaceutical...
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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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What’s wrong with IP rights? Protecting medicines from competition can be costly
Gram for gram a HIV medicine costs more than gold. What makes drugs so costly? Is it research and development?...
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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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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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Looking back to build on our success. Making more medicines affordable in 2019
We’re gearing up for the next, expanded phase of our campaign. We’re determined that pharmaceutical companies and governments must #TreatPeopleRight...
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Know your HIV status, know your treatment options, and demand optimal ARVs!
The theme of the 30th World AIDS Day (1 December 2018) is ‘Know your status!’. It’s a shout out for...
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Dr Amit Sengupta, a treatment activist who dedicated his life to universal access, dies age 60
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Dr Amit Sengupta, our friend, colleague, and an inspiring treatment activist who...