TNP+ demands that Thailand’s Minister of Health “unlock” Hepatitis C treatment
Medicine Equality Now! NewsOn 7 February 2022, during Thailand’s National Health Security Board meeting, a representative from the Thai Network of People Living...
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Fighting for access to better TB drugs in Thailand
Medicine Equality Now! NewsThailand is classified by the World Health Organisation as a tuberculosis (TB) /HIV high-burden country, including MDR-TB. It is estimated...
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MMA and ITPC’s 3rd POA: building capacity to challenge low quality patents
NewsThe Academies aim to provide practical training and capacity building for civil society groups and activists in challenging pharmaceutical patents...
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Civil society raises awareness on molnupiravir overpricing in Thailand
NewsMMA’s partner in Thailand, AIDS Access Foundation, along with six other civil society organizations, have sent a letter to the...
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Samarn: Activists fought for my right to survive – and won
Interview Medicine Equality Now! News“Back in 1994, when I was in my early 20s, I fell ill while doing construction work in Bangkok. That’s...
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Thailand’s opposition against Gilead’s patent application: overcharging what?
Medicine Equality Now! NewsEarlier this month, Thai civil society opposed Gilead’s Sciences’ patent application on remdesivir, which has been trialled in the treatment...
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Thailand rejects Fujifilm’s COVID-19 related patent request
NewsThis development is a significant success for civil society which has been urging the Department of Intellectual Property to take...
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GALLERY: International Women’s Day 2021
News Photo galleryAround this time last year, before many countries went into their first COVID-19 related lockdown, Make Medicines Affordable met with...
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Civil society files lawsuit against Thai Department of Intellectual Property as “failure to reject TB patent is unlawful”
News Press releaseTranslated from the original press release published in Thai, by The Standard and Prachathai. On 2 February 2021, a civil...
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“No more delay – reject patent request for potential COVID-19 drug” urges Thai civil society
NewsJapanese company Fujifilm-Toyama has filed for patents on favipiravir in Thailand. Favipiravir is an antiviral drug which has been used...
