medicines
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18-Sep-2017 Interfax
Sanofi Aventis Ukraine seeks to file claim to international court to protect investment in Ukraine
Sanofi Aventis Ukraine LLC, part of Sanofi global pharmaceutical company, seeks to file a claim against Ukraine to the International Investment Arbitration.
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12-Sep-2017 Forbes India
Foreign patent owners can challenge domestic judgments under international investment arbitration
The first ever final award on patents in international investment arbitration by ICSID in the case of Eli Lilly v. Canada has effectively cleared the way for raising future disputes by foreign IPR owners against domestic institutions which can result in stronger and robust IP protection regime.
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12-Sep-2017 Lexology
Canada introduces patent term extensions for pharmaceutical patents
The new regime has been implemented in order to meet Canada’s obligations under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union
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1-Sep-2017 AFTINET
TPP 11 Sydney meeting vindicates community concerns
TPP 11 negotiators have agreed to suspend controversial clauses on medicine monopolies and some governments want to renegotiate other clauses, vindicating public interest group concerns
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29-Aug-2017 Reuters
Vietnam proposes amendments to stalled TPP trade deal at Sydney talks: sources
Officials from 11 of the 12 countries that committed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal are meeting in Sydney for talks to re-energize the stalled agreement and discuss amendmends to the pact following the withdrawal of the US.
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25-Aug-2017
Preocupaciones sobre las próximas etapas propuestas en el TPP11 en relación con la salud
Teniendo en cuenta que la mayoría de las disposiciones con impacto negativo sobre la salud fueron impuestas por los Estados Unidos, que ya no está en el TPP, no tiene sentido mantener esas disposiciones, explica una carta de la sociedad civil a los ministros del TPP11
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24-Aug-2017
Health community’s concerns re TPP11 proposed next steps
Stronger intellectual property protection would benefit the US in return for no concessions, civil society groups tell TPP11 Ministers
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24-Aug-2017 Hankyoreh
Pharmaceutical prices, intellectual property rights emerge as key issues in KORUS FTA discussions
Through the KORUS revision, the US is openly seeking to bridge its trade deficit with Korea by renegotiating specific terms for individual product categories.
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23-Aug-2017 EU Bulletin
Neelam Deo on EU-India’s perplexing relationship: Trade, Europe’s hypocrisy and China concern
Former diplomat says the EU’s insistence on opening up on wine imports from France and automobile imports from Germany have held up the EU-India FTA negotiations.
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21-Aug-2017 Governance Now
Big pharma, IP wars and profit over people
At RCEP negotiations held in India, intellectual property rights issues in medicine remain contentious
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19-Aug-2017 Politico
NAFTA could replay TPP biologics debate
A battle over the length of data protection for biologic medicine appears to be shaping up in the NAFTA negotiations in a replay of an issue that helped block the Trans-Pacific Partnership from becoming law.
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15-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
Entrevista con Loon Gangte
Loon Gangte es un activista de la India que vive con VIH y hepatitis C. Es el fundador del Delhi Network of Positive People [una red de personas seropositivas en Dehli].
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15-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
Interview de Loon Gangte
Loon Gangte est un militant indien atteint du VIH et de l’hépatite C. Il est le fondateur du Delhi Network of Positive People (un réseau de personnes séropositives à Delhi).
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4-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
Interview with Loon Gangte
Loon Gangte is an Indian activist living with HIV and hepatitis C, founder of the Delhi Network of Positive People.
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2-Aug-2017 DNA
Medicines in India likely to be costlier due to RCEP trade pact
However, the key issues holding the final text of these negotiations don’t seem to be getting resolved.
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1-Aug-2017 The Wire
New Zealand negotiator at Asia trade pact talks says countries should analyse TRIPS-Plus
The negotiator’s comments were non-committal but indicated that for now, the RCEP talks have not yet moved decisively into a TRIPS-plus scenario.
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24-Jul-2017 Asian Tribune
ASEAN Parliamentarians call for a focus on rights in regional trade talks
Officials from ASEAN member states and other countries meeting in India this week for negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) should take steps to ensure that the trade deal safeguards human rights, Southeast Asian lawmakers said today.
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17-Jul-2017 Deccan Herald
Trading health through IPR, patents
Trade agreements between countries have a perceivable impact on access to medicines as a result of changes in patent and other national laws in different countries.
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14-Jul-2017 Info Justice
Canada blinks in face of US/Pharma pressure
The cool reasoning of the Canadian Supreme Court does not acknowledge or reference “external” pressures or the Eli Lilly v. Canada ISDS case. However, courts do not decide cases in a vacuum. This case seems to have been decided in a pressure cooker.
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13-Jul-2017 APWLD
No RCEP Campaign: Stop trading away human rights
The ’No RCEP’ campaign urges governments to consider the adverse impact of the mega free trade agreement
News from the movements
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22-Sep-2017 Argentina Mejor sin TLC
Audiencia Pública en el Senado de la Nación Argentina: La llegada de la OMC y su impacto en la economía argentina
Convocamos a una Audiencia Pública en el Senado de la Nación Argentina, que se realizará el jueves 28 de septiembre de 18 a 20 hs, en el Salón Arturio Illia (Hipólito Yrigoyen 1835, Primer Piso) -
15-Sep-2017 Argentina Mejor sin TLC
Argentina - Segundo Encuentro Nacional Preparatorio contra la OMC
Desde la Asamblea “Argentina Mejor sin TLC” invitamos al Segundo Encuentro Nacional contra la OMC en Argentina, que tendrá lugar el sábado 30 de septiembre de 10 a 17 horas en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la UBA. -
14-Sep-2017 bilaterals.org
Inde : les vendeurs de rue se battront contre le RCEP jusqu’au bout
Le RCEP détruirait une part importante de l’économie indienne et des moyens d’existence de la population, pour privilégier les marchés internationaux.
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13-Sep-2017 GRAIN
La nueva cara del colonialismo: los acuerdos de asociación económica entre la Unión Europea y África
Un nuevo informe captura voces de diferentes ámbitos del continente africano que nos hablan de los devastadores efectos de los Acuerdos de Asociación Económica impulsados por la Unión Europea. -
13-Sep-2017 Popular Resistance
No #NAFTA2, yes to trade for people & planet
We propose a vision for trade that serves working people and protects the planet. That is why we have to say #NoNAFTA2, and make a radical refusal of any new or re-worked corporate trade deals. -
10-Sep-2017 La Via Campesina
10 de Septiembre, Día de Acción Global contra la OMC y los ALC
Aujourd’hui, La Via Campesina appelle les mouvements sociaux et les organisations de la société civile de la planète à se mobiliser et à coordonner leurs résistances contre l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) et les traités de libre-échange (TLC), à construire des alliances solidaires et à se préparer pour une semaine mondiale d’action en décembre 2017. -
10-Sep-2017 La Via Campesina
10 septembre, Journée internationale d’action contre l’OMC et les accords de libre-échange
Aujourd’hui, La Via Campesina appelle les mouvements sociaux et les organisations de la société civile de la planète à se mobiliser et à coordonner leurs résistances contre l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) et les traités de libre-échange (TLC), à construire des alliances solidaires et à se préparer pour une semaine mondiale d’action en décembre 2017. -
10-Sep-2017 La Via Campesina
September 10, the International Day of Action against WTO and FTAs
Today, La Via Campesina is calling upon social movements and civil society organisations of the world to mobilise and organise our resistances against the World Trade Organisation and free trade agreements, build solidarity alliances and prepare for a worldwide week of action in December, coinciding with the 11th WTO ministerial that is scheduled to take place in Argentina.
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