CPTech Letter to EC Director General of Trade Peter Mandelson

Original page: http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/tamiflu/cptech-mandelson10192005.html CPTech Letter to EC Director General of Trade Peter Mandelson 19th October 2005 Commissioner Mandelson EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG Trade 200 rue de la Loi B-1049 BRUSSELS Dear Commissioner Mandelson TRIPS Agreement and Avian Influenza We ask the… Continue Reading

Senator Schumer Press release calling for use of 28 USC 1498 to authorize generic manufacture of oseltamivir (TN: Tamiflu)

Schumer’s October 16, 2005 press release As Avian Flu Closes In On U.S., Schumer Calls For Immediate Action: Demands Suspension Of Tamiflu Patent So Vaccine Can Be Mass-Produced, Dramatically Increasing Supply Tamiflu, the Only Effective Treatment of Bird Flu in… Continue Reading

CPTech Letter to USTR Portman Regarding US Position on WTO Opt-Out of Compulsory Licensing Mechanism

Original page: http://www.cptech.org/ip/birdflu/ustr-birdflu.html 14 October 2005 Honorable Rob Portman United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20508 Dear Ambassador Portman: We are writing to ask that the United States government address a mistake in trade policy that… Continue Reading