KEI notes from Eighth Round of TPPA Negotiations
Krista Cox wrote these notes on September 13, 2011, reporting on the eighth round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Continue Reading
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Good Jeff’s new firm – Rabin Martin, part of extensive web of PR firms working with corporate clients on global health issues
Non Communicable Disease (NCD) negotiations
Blogs and articles by KEI
- April 22, 2011. Six NGOs present recommendations for Moscow WHO forum on non-communicable diseases. /node/1118
- September 10, 2011. Krista Cox, Obama Administration Wants to Eliminate References to Doha Declaration in UN Political Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases. KeiOnline.Org, https://www.keionline.org/node/1252
What the 2001 Doha Declaration Changed
As the UN meets to discuss non-communicable diseases, one area of controversy is the effort by White House trade officials and the European Commissioner for Trade to block any mention in a Political Declaration of the November 14, 2001 WTO Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health.
This note explains why the Doha Declaration was important, and what USTR and DG-Trade are trying to do in the NCD resolution. I will start with a very quick history of the events that led to the 2001 WTO resolution.
Vietnam cables: Data exclusivity should be automatic, comprehensive, retroactive and without procedures and formalities
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| Michael W. Michalak, former Ambassador to Vietnam, pressured Vietnam on behalf of PhRMA. |
Cables recently published by Wikileaks illustrate the degree to which the U.S. has been engaged in writing laws and training judges and government officials in Vietnam, on a wide range of pharmaceutical and intellectual property issues.
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.
“Ipr In Italy – American Voices Among Italian Elite,”cooperation and how to make them change their mind (cables)
Cable reference id: #09ROME1396
Subject Ipr In Italy – American Voices Among Italian Elite
Origin Embassy Rome (Italy)
Cable time Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:30 UTC
Classification UNCLASSIFIED
Source http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09ROME1396.html
History First published on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:34 UTC
Modified on Thu, 1 Sep 2011 23:24 UTC
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Dominican Republic: December 2009 meeting between PhRMA and US Embassy to discuss CAFTA+ demands on patent protection
September 10, 2011
KEI Staff
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| Christopher Lambert was Deputy Chief of Mission for the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo |
This is a cable written by Christopher Lambert, then the Deputy Chief of Mission for the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.
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Cable titled: RUSSIA RISES AS MAJOR CENTER FOR CLINICAL DRUG TRIALS
September 8, 2011
From KEI staff review of Wikileaks cables (/wikileaks)
On August 1, 2008, then Deputy Chief of Mission in the Moscow Embassy Eric Rubin sent a cable that looked at the medical clinical trials industry in Russia.
These are a few of the highlights:
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