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  • African civil society plans for regional collaboration in tackling intellectual property barriers

    15 Nov 2018

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    First published by KELIN. ‘This meeting gives me hope that we can build a solid movement across Eastern and Southern...

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  • Wealthier countries are "driving up prices and attempting to jump to the front of the queue”. https://t.co/12Ttq0rAuY

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A new year signals a new approach to access to medicines in the Russian Federation. Remdesivir, a drug patented by Gilead, can now be procured from a more affordable generic producer for use in the country, due a compulsory license (CL) enacted by the Prime Minister – following lobbying from the generic industry and ITPCru.

“This is a groundbreaking step,” says Sergey Golovin, Make Medicines Affordable coordinator for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) at ITPCru. “This action has been available through the TRIPS Agreement since 1995, yet it is the first time the Russian Federation has taken this step. It has taken COVID-19 to highlight the inequities that already existed. If remdesivir proves effective, Gilead’s pricing would be prohibitive. This paves the way for Russian citizens to have access to the same treatment as people in high-income countries.”

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