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GeneXpert test cartridge being used to test a sample of suspected TB in MSF’s lab at Bangassou Hospital, Central African Republic, 2017. Photo credit: Borja Ruiz Rodriguez/MSF
Time for $5

The GeneXpert diagnostic testing technology from the US corporation Cepheid, and its parent company Danaher, has revolutionised rapid, accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and other diseases, since entering the market in 2010. Yet, due to the high cost of the GeneXpert test cartridges, many countries are not able to scale up testing for all people who need lifesaving diagnosis and subsequent treatment.

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Issue brief |
01 October 2012

Trading Away Health (2012)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADE
Access_Briefing_TPP_ENG_2012_update.pdf

How the U.S.’s Intellectual Property Demands for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Threaten Access to Medicine

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