USTR releases new White Paper on Access to Medicine: includes almost no specifics in terms of negotiating positions
USTR has released its new White Paper on Access to Medicine. Here is the press release. A copy of the White Paper is available here:
USPTO award of $4 million in fy 2010 grants to groups advising developing countries on intellectual property issues
Last year the USPTO announced the award of $4 million in fy 2009 grants to advise developing couintries on intellectual property policies. The first set of grants were done under Arti Rai, then Administrator for External Affairs at USTPO. The grants went to a variety on pro-right owner groups, including those associated with Newt Gingrich and the Tea Party, and several supported by firms like Pfizer and Microsoft. Seven of the groups receiving the fy 2009 have in common the fact they received funding from either Microsoft or the Gates Foundation.
KEI submission to the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP): Patents and Health
Submission of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) to the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP): Patents and Health
11 September 2011
Thiru Balasubramaniam
Obama Administration Wants to Eliminate References to Doha Declaration in UN Political Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases
The United States and the European Union are using a United Nations High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) to effectively renegotiate a landmark agreement on intellectual property rights and public health.
France gets an A+ from the US for its anti-consumer intellectual property related policies
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| Hillary Clinton and Nicolas Sarkozy, March 14, 2011 |
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| President Obama and Mark Pekala, June 6, 2009, Paris |
France gets an A+ from the US for its anti consumer intellectual property related policies
Cables that mention Novartis
September 6, 2011
KEI staff review of Wikileaks cables (/wikileaks)
Feb 28, 2003 | Turkey | Consulate Istanbul | Differences Among U.s. Firms Give Rise To New Association Of Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies
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KEI/IQsensato panel at WTO Public Forum: Proposal for a WTO Agreement on the Supply of Knowledge as a Public Good (21 Sept 2011)
WTO PUBLIC FORUM 2011
TITLE: Proposal for a WTO Agreement on the Supply of Knowledge as a Public Good
DATE: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
TIME: 16:15-18:15
VENUE: Room E (located on 3rd floor), World Trade Organization
REGISTRATION: Mandatory, please complete the registration form by 14 September 2011.
In Poland, an Ambassador (and former George W Bush roommate) demolishes PhRMA’s 2009 Special 301 filing (Wikileaks cables)
From KEI staff review of Wikileaks cables (/wikileaks)
This cable signed by US Ambassador to Poland Victor H. Ashe provides a through and very tough critique of PhRMA’s submission to the 2009 Special 301 list. Ashe rejects every one of PhRMA’s main points, and explains why continually putting Poland on the Special 301 list is counter productive.
KEI comments to UK Consultation on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities under discussion at WIPO
The proposal for a WIPO treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities moved forward at the last SCCR meeting in June 2011, when a wide collection of high income and Latin American countries endorsed a joint paper that could serve as a basis for a diplomatic conference. The fact that Brazil, the US and the EU were among the countries endorsing the paper was very significant.
Cable: US Government collaboration with drug companies to lobby the Finnish Parliament on drug pricing legislation
This July 9, 2008 cable concerns the collaboration between the US government and the pharmaceutical industry to lobby Finland on the pricing of pharmaceutical drugs. The cable was written by Michael A Butler, then the Deputy Chief of Mission in Helsinki, and is worth a read. Among other things, the cable says :
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