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HEALTH: Region (MRB Oct 01 2001): Lessons of anthrax drugs case ahead of WTO summit battle on patents.
Canada's rapid ditching of its copyright agreement on pharmaceuticals in the first few days of the anthrax scare has given new hope to African countries that they will secure a change in the World Trade Organisation rules.
The US government also twisted the arm of the German pharma giant Bayer, the supplier of the main anti-anthrax antibiotic, Cipro to secure a lower price.
In Canada Bayer was outraged and threatened legal action against the government; eventually an agreement was reached whereby the generic drugs bought by the Canadian government was stockpiled and fresh supplies of Cipro were bought from Bayer.
However, the case has emphasised the overriding nature of a medical emergency, in which developed countries clearly believed the national interest came before the international patent laws.
In Canada Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders Canada, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Oxfam Canada and three ...
- INDIA MUST PROTECT INTERESTS IN AGRICULTURE AT WTO MINISTERIAL.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. December 15, 2005 700+ words
INDIA MUST PROTECT INTERESTS IN AGRICULTURE AT WTO MINISTERIAL By DEEPSHIKHA SIKARWAR December 15 (PTI Economic Service...markets. Besdies, this, the declaration on TRIPS and public health which provides for compulsory licensing has been approved...
- RAFIDAH ARRIVES IN HONG KONG FOR 6TH WTO MINISTERIAL MEETING.
- News wire article from: BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency December 14, 2005 700+ words
...here today to attend the sixth World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting The six-day meeting which took off yesterday will...trade related aspects of intellectual property rights and public health, trade and environment, issues related to the implementation...
- MINISTERS FROM DEVELOPING NATIONS TO MEET IN DELHI (on the eve of fifth WTO...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 26, 2003 700+ words
...countries on the eve of the fifth World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial scheduled to be held at Cancun during 10-14 Sep 2003...on development- related issues pertaining to TRIPs and public health, special and differential treatment, and Uruguay-round...
- Agenda for Hong Kong WTO Ministerial: Will developing nations trip on TRIPS?
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 31, 2005 700+ words
...Intellectual Property Rights) agreements in the area of public health as agreed at Doha It is likely that the rich countries will...to lose from the loosening of the patents in the area of public health. But this may be small in comparison to the millions saved...
- RAFIDAH LEADS 31-MEMBER MALAYSIAN DELEGATION TO WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE.
- News wire article from: BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency December 13, 2005 700+ words
...the dispute settlement understanding (DSU) process of the WTO, trade related aspects of intellectual property rights and public health, trade and environment, issues related to the implementation of WTO agreements and special and differential treatment provisions...
- Fifth WTO ministerial snags over unfulfilled promises.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire May 17, 2002 700+ words
...preparations for the Fifth WTO ministerial conference slated 2003 for...Mexico. Addressing an informal WTO ministerial briefing in Paris, Kenyan...based trade body since the 2001 WTO ministerial conference, which was held...
- EU warns against dilution of WTO Ministerial services text.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. December 15, 2005 700+ words
...warns against dilution of WTO Ministerial services text Hong Kong...European Union today said the WTO Ministerial draft text on services should...paper in this regard at the WTO Ministerial here would be "unwise...
- Japan: Visiting US official proposes four-way WTO ministerial talks in May.
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports April 11, 2002 700+ words
...said. Regarding the timing of the WTO ministerial conference to take place in Mexico...according to the official. The 2003 WTO ministerial conference is likely to serve as a...under the agreement reached at the WTO ministerial conference in Qatar last November...
- International Civil Society Forum 2005 begins: Calls for common ground to...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 3, 2005 700+ words
...ground to address the concerns in the WTO ministerial meeting to be held in Hong Kong...barely three months ahead of the sixth WTO ministerial scheduled for December 13-18. Centre...claims and interests in the sixth WTO ministerial conference. He mentioned the LDCs...
- Altaf optimistic about positive results for LDCs in WTO Ministerial.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 10, 2005 700+ words
...expressed the optimism that the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong would yield positive...take a strong stand in the coming WTO ministerial conference in Hong Kong for reviving...government to take up the issue with the WTO ministerial. Commerce secretary Faruq Ahmed ...