On September 3, 1999, Ralph Nader, James Love and Robert Weisman wrote to Dr. Harold Varmus, then the Director of the NIH, proposing the NIH enter into an agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO), giving the WHO the right… Continue Reading
Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312, Washington, DC 20036 James Love Consumer Project on Technology P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036 http://www.cptech.org Robert Weissman Essential Action P.O. Box 19405, Washington, DC 20036 http://www.essentialaction.org/ September 3, 1999 Dr. Harold E. Varmus Building… Continue Reading
Preliminary thoughts on a program for Essential Health Research James Love January 6, 1999 Essential Health Research and the Market In matters concerning public health, intellectual property rights are a means and not an end. Patents and other types of… Continue Reading
CPT has been highly critical of the exclusive marketing provisions in the US and the proposed EU orphan drug acts. Pharmaceutical companies now obtain 20 year patents for inventions, and investments in clinical trials and other research required for drug… Continue Reading
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A Free Trade Area For The Americas: A Consumer Perspective On Proposals As They Relate To Rules Regarding Intellectual Property Comments for the Working Group On Intellectual Property Rights, Third Trade Ministerial and Americas Business Forum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, May… Continue Reading
30 April 1997 USTR REPORT ON SPECIAL 301 ANNUAL REVIEW FACT SHEET “SPECIAL 301” ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ACTIONS TAKEN Acting United States Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky today announced the Administration’s decision with respect to this year’s review under the… Continue Reading
Comments on Trade and Pharmaceutical Policies: A Perspective from the U.S. Consumer Movement HAI Seminar: World Trade Organization/GATT, Pharmaceutical Policies and Essential Drugs October 4, 1996 Bielefeld, Germany James Love Center for Study of Responsive Law (1) I would like… Continue Reading
Originally posted to TAP-INFO – An Internet newsletter no longer published. —————————————————————– TAXPAYER ASSETS PROJECT – INFORMATION POLICY NOTE Crown Jewels – Legal Information March 23, 1995 Four Years of Struggles to Free the Law Background Comments for Conference on… Continue Reading
Comments Presented to the Second NIH CRADA Forum September 8, 1994 James Love Director, Taxpayer Assets Project P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036 I. Introduction My name is James Love. I work for the Center for Study of Responsive Law,… Continue Reading