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Activists urge Eurasian states to order more affordable medicines, after HIV patent is dropped
AbbVie has waived its patent rights for HIV drug, lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r), in many parts of the world, including for the...
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COVID-19 pandemic: ‘An opportunity of a lifetime’?
The race is on to find an effective treatment and vaccine for COVID-19. Everyone hopes a solution will be found...
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Global headlines: Potential COVID-19 drugs are over-priced
From the front page of Le Monde, to the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera and others, research demonstrating that potential...
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Postponed: Global Summit on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines
The 2020 summit will now take place at a later date, at a time when we are assured that international...
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Open letter: Prepare NOW for equitable access to COVID-19 treatments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Organizations working on health and rights in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region, have called on governments to...
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Possible treatments for COVID-19 could all be made for $1 a day, say researchers: Pharma must not profit from a pandemic and countries must ACT NOW.
Drugs currently being used in COVID-19 treatment trials can all be mass-produced affordably, research from the University of Liverpool, published...
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Open letter: COVID-19 underlines the need for 37 World Trade Organization members to reverse a critical decision
As the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), we have signed an open letter asking 37 World Trade Organization members to...
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Letter urges Gilead to ensure everyone can access its “promising” COVID-19 treatment pending clinical trial results
ITPC has joined the more than 150 civil society organizations and individuals expressing concerns in a letter to Gilead, coordinated...
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Activists urge Indonesia’s govt to resolve HIV drugs shortage amid COVID-19 pandemic
We reported how stockouts, since January this year, have been leaving people living with HIV without their essential treatment in...
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A luxury travel writer’s journey through Ukraine’s health system as a TB patient
An interview with Krystyna Rivera, communication officer at 100% LIFE, Ukraine. Interview by Gemma Taylor. As a travel journalist, Krystyna...
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“People with TB were being routinely imprisoned.” Overhauling Kenya’s TB response, and what the country’s impending COVID-19 crisis can adopt from it.
Our campaign partner, KELIN, has helped transform how people living with TB are treated. Their work set a precedent, ending...
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Civil society demands an end to ARV stockouts in Indonesia
Our partner, the Indonesian AIDS Coalition (IAC) is one of 73 organizations, calling on the country’s Ministry of Health to...