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While the TRIPS Agreement establishes international minimum standards on patents, members of the World Trade Organization also retain some flexibilities to implement these standards. Many countries took...

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One essential fact is that there are entirely lawful and effective tools to overcome the barriers posed by patents and that hamper access to medicines.  There are provisions enshrined in international...

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What is the Campaign? “Europe! Hands Off Our Medicine” is MSF’s campaign to stop Europe from pursuing aggressive policies that will harm people’s access to life-saving medicines across the...

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Excluded countries should be ready to issue compulsory licences to access needed drugs Kenya © Sven Torfinn GENEVA, 12 July 2011 – An agreement announced today by pharmaceutical...

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