Introduction
Part 1 of our notes on the August 25, 2010 version of the ACTA consolidated text, covering pages 1-9 of the text, are available here. These notes cover the remainder of August 25, 2010 ACTA text, from pages 10 to 29.
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KEI has obtained a copy of the August 25, 2010 version of the ACTA consolidated negotiating text. This is Part 1 of our initial notes on the document.
(Part 2 is available here.)
(revised September 9, 2010)
Preamble
The preamble in the August, 25, 2010 text includes 10 paragraphs, of which only 3 do not have brackets.
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European Commission (DG 1) note on the WHO’s Revised Drug Stategy
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE GENERAL 1
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: COMMERCIAL POLICY AND RELATIONS WITH NORTH AMERICA. THE
FAR EAST, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Directorate D -Sectoral trade questions, market access
New technologies, Intellectual property, public procurement
Brussels, 5 October 1998
1/D/3/BW D (98)
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A pdf copy of the resolution is attached to this page.
THE FIFTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
WHA52.19
Agenda Item 13
May 24, 1999
Revised Drug Strategy
The Fifty-second World Health Assembly,
Recalling resolution WHA39.27, WHA41.16, WHA43.20, WHA45.27, WHA47.12, WHA47.13, WHA47.16, WHA47.17, and WHA49.14;
Having considered the report of the Director-General on the revised drug strategy[1];
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CONFIDENTIAL RELEASED IN FULL
CONFIDENTIAL PTQ1906
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FM USMISSION GENEVA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6208 INFO IO COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY BRASILIA
AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES AMEMBASSY PRETORIA AMEMBASSY HARARE
AMEMBASSY LILONGWE AMEMBASSY LUSAKA
AMEMBASSY WINDHOEK AMEMBASSY BERN
AMEMBASSY CANBERRA
AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY OSLO
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA AMEMBASSY CAIRO CDC ATLANTA
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A copy of this document is available here:
http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/prb9946-e.htm
RB 99-46E
PATENT PROTECTION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS IN CANADA – CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
Prepared by:
Margaret Smith
Law and Government Division
30 March 2000
PATENT PROTECTION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS IN CANADA – CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
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Draft
This is work in progress, and is part of a larger project on timelines. This particular timeline is unfinished, and may contain errors.
Timeline of privileged regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge
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On Tuesday, August 17, 2010, USTR organized a lunch between ACTA negotiators and civil society NGOs. There was not much notice. We received our invite to the lunch last Thursday. Representatives from KEI, Public Citizen, Oxfam, Public Knowledge and the American University program on intellectual property attended the event.
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Background
Beginning in 1985, the United States government (USG) diplomatic and trade officials have engaged in wide ranging activities aimed at changing global norms for the protection of intellectual property rights, with a particular emphasis on the IPR protections for pharmaceutical products.
This note reports on U.S. Department of State cables sent in 1986 and 1987, that discussed the U.S. government efforts to change policies in Brazil on the intellectual property protection for pharmaceutical products. The cables have been obtained by KEI with a FOIA request.
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Prices for Abbott’s Norvir (generic name Ritonavir) as a Standalone Product in 2010 KEI Research Note 2010:4 August 12, 2010 Anne Mira Guha Prices for Abbott’s Norvir (generic name Ritonavir) as a Standalone Product in 2010 1. Introduction Ritonavir is… Continue Reading →