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Colombian Submission to the WHO IGWG negotiation favors drug company positions on IP

Posted on by Judit Rius

By resolution WHA 59.24, the WHO’s Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property (IGWG) has the goal of producing a Global Strategy and Plan of Action that will implement the CIPIH report recommendations and “secure an enhanced and sustainable basis for needs-driven, essential health research and development relevant to diseases that disproportionately affect developing countries, proposing cle Continue Reading →

2005: Letter of 162 experts asking World Health Organization to evaluate a proposed treaty framework for medical research and development.

Posted on by James Love

The attached is a February 24, 2005 letter signed by 162 experts, asking the World Health Organization to Evaluate New Treaty Framework for Medical Research and Development The proposal for a Medical R&D Treaty (MRDT) was designed as an alternative… Continue Reading →

July 6, 2001 letter from DHHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson letter to Ralph Nader Regarding WHO rights to use inventions funded by the NIH

Posted on by KEI Staff

July 6, 2001 Mr. Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312 Washington, D.C. 20036 Dear Mr. Nader: I am writing in response to the letter from you and your colleagues requesting that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant the… Continue Reading →

October 21, 1999 letter from Dr. Varmus rejecting “standardized transfer of manufacturing and distribution rights to the WHO or any other nonprofit organization”

Posted on by KEI Staff

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 →