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ITPC-EECA Challenges Patents on core DR-TB Drug Pretomanid, Urging Eurasian Patent Office to Protect Access
According to WHO, 400,000 people developed DR-TB in 2023, yet only 44% (175, 923) of them were treated for it....
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Ukrainian Patient Rights Group Opposes a Patent Applications on a Life-Saving HIV Drug
Rilpivirine, commonly known as RPV, is available in multiple formulations, including a daily oral medication, and in fixed-dose combination tablets,...
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10th December Human Rights Day 2024: Achieving Equity in HIV Treatment and Prevention
On this Human Rights Day, the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition...
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‘HIV Transmission Can be Stopped’: Leading HIV Researchers Make the Case for Compulsory Licensing of Lenacapavir
Lenacapavir (LEN), a groundbreaking, long-acting antiretroviral, has prevented nearly all HIV infections in clinical trials. LEN could be the answer...
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Civil Society Groups Unite to Monitor the 4th Round of Thailand-EU FTA Negotiation
Grave concerns over expensive medicines, the universal health coverage scheme at risk, unsafe second-hand medical devices, farmers’ increasing debts &...
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MMA Partner VNP+ Opposes Patent Application Which Would Limit Access to Long-Acting Cabotegravir
Vietnam’s Network of People Living With HIV (VNP+), a Make Medicines Affordable (MMA) partner, is working to improve access to, and affordability...
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Thai HIV Advocacy Group Challenges Gilead’s and Janssen’s Patent Extension Bid, Citing Evergreening Tactics
The Thai Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (TNP+) filed an opposition to a patent application filed by the U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant...
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Global South Leaders Condemn Gilead’s Restrictive License on HIV Prevention Breakthrough
Civil society organizations across the Global South are blasting the U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences for its lenacapavir (LEN) voluntary...
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Indonesian Advocates Challenge Big Pharma’s Patent of HIV Prevention and Treatment Lenacapavir
Indonesia AIDS Coalition (IAC), a community-based organization advocating on HIV-related issues, filed a post-grant opposition against the secondary (selection) patent...
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Why the World Can’t Trust Pharmaceutical Companies to Ensure Global Access to Essential Medicines
ITPC Global’s reaction to Gilead’s voluntary licence on lenacapravir: Gilead’s announcement of their voluntary license for lenacapavir—a groundbreaking, long-acting HIV...
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Patent Applications for HIV Prevention Drug Opposed in India: Vulnerable Group Seeks to Protect Generic Competition to Lower Prices of HIV Prevention Drug Lenacapavir
New Delhi, 18 September 2024 – The Indian Patent Office is set to hear the objections of Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust...
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HIV Community-Based Organizations are Fighting Patent Monopolies on Lenacapavir
Despite the world’s efforts, there have been over a million new cases of HIV each year. Lenacapavir (LEN), a long-acting...