News items related to: Law and policy reform
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Activists at AIDS2024 called on ViiV Healthcare to drop their case in Colombia against Compulsory License on Dolutegravir
On the 24th of July, hundreds of treatment advocates attending AIDS2024 in Munich protested against the companies with “Drop The...
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People’s Resolution: A Roadmap to Protect the Right to Life in a Failed Multilateral Order
We, as members of communities, civil society and activists affected by epidemics, call for a plan of action to end...
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MMA’s partners in Kazakhstan call for systemic changes to the country’s intellectual property and access to medicines framework in their annual report
Answer Foundation and Antihepatitis C Foundation, MMA’s partners in Kazakhstan, with technical support from ITPC-Ru, recently launched a comprehensive Annual...
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Brazilian House of Representatives approves bill to suspend patents: finally lives before profits?
Two months ago, the Brazilian Senate approved a law project bill (Law Project 12/21) that allows the country to expand...
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We can’t end AIDS without tackling patent abuse
Despite significant scientific advancements for HIV, along with global and national commitments to ‘end AIDS’, hundreds of thousands of people...
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TEDWomen: Why are drug prices so high?
Hear from I-MAK’s Priti Krishtel on how the outdated patent system is the hidden reason that drug prices are so high...
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The problem with patents: Commitments to HIV and universal health coverage are being undermined in middle-income countries
A joint blog by Othoman Mellouk, Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines Lead at the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC),...
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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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Civil society key in TRIPS flexibility implementation
Civil society plays an instrumental role in actively defending access to affordable to medicines, making use of TRIPS flexibilities, and...
