Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312 Washington, DC 20036 July 23, 2001 Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland Director-General World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Dear Dr. Brundtland: It has been encouraging in recent years to see the WHO… Continue Reading
Compulsory Licensing: Models For State Practice In Developing Countries, Access to Medicine and Compliance with the WTO TRIPS Accord Prepared for the United Nations Development Programme January 21, 2001 James Love Consumer Project on Technology http://www.cptech.org Introduction.1 This note addresses… Continue Reading
2000: Paying for health care R&D – Carrots and Sticks James Love* October 19, 2000 *Thirukumaran Balasubramaniam provided research for this paper. Table of Contents Introduction Failures of the Market Investors cannot appropriate all the benefits of research. R&D is… Continue Reading
How much does it cost to develop a new drug? James Love Consumer Project on Technology http://www.cptech.org April 2, 2000 Prepared for the April 2, 2000 meeting of the MSF Working Group on R&D in Geneva. How much does it… Continue Reading
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
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
Call for More Reliable Costs Data on Clinical Trials James Love January 13, 1997Abstract The following is an article titled “Call for More Reliable Costs Data on Clinical Trials,” Published in the January 13, 1997 issue of the Marketletter, on… 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