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medicines
Write to members of Indian governement and European Commission to save affordable medicines and access to life-saving treatments in Africa, Asia and Latin America !
Bodies express concern over potential negative impact of FTA
| 4-March-2011
Positive Living HIV (PLHIV) organisations in Malaysia yesterday expressed concern over the potential negative impact on HIV medication of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) which the government is currently negotiating with the United States and the European Commission (EC). 
The Korea-EU FTA must be dismantled. And the lives of patients in over 120 countries are on the line regarding the India-EU FTA. What will devastate the Pharmacy of the World must also be stopped. 
People in Asia living with HIV and who depend on affordable generic AIDS medicines to stay alive have impressed upon the Indian government to stand strong against European Union demands on the sensitive Intellectual Property (IP) chapter in ongoing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. 
Thousands of people with HIV and cancer marched through the streets of India’s capital Wednesday to protest a planned trade deal with the European Union that they claim would restrict access to affordable medicines.
EU’s pharma trade hoax
| 25-February-2011
The EU’s proposed trade agreement is riddled with intellectual property provisions that would harm India’s 2005 Patent Act and block public-interest rulings such as the Aluvia decision. 
"It’s like an ant fighting an elephant. We are one of the weakest and poorest groups and they (the EU and the pharmaceutical industry) are among the richest and strongest."
USTR considering pharmaceutical pricing restrictions in TPP; refuses to follow May 10th agreement on IP-medicines issues
| 8-February-2011
Public Citizen and Forum on Democracy and Trade met with US Trade Representative staff on January 3 to be briefed on the Obama administration’s negotiation of the TPP with respect to the planned IP chapter and the rumored chapter on pharmaceutical reimbursement programs. 
Kenyan activists have written to the European Union and the Kenya Government, protesting what they term damaging trade agreements such as the European Union-India Free Trade Agreement and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. They say the pacts would damage the fight against Aids.
Le coût des médicaments grimperait avec le libre-échange Canada-UE
| 8-February-2011
L’industrie du médicament générique et les régimes d’assurance médicaments pourraient souffrir d’un accord de libre-échange entre le Canada et l’Union européenne, selon une étude commandée par l’Association canadienne du médicament générique rendue publique lundi 7 février.
EU trade deal could cost Canada’s drug plans: report
| 8-February-2011
Proposals put forward by the European Union could add billions in drug costs in Canada annually, a report released Monday says. 
Despite all official assurances, the path towards a free trade agreement between India and the European Union this year remains ambiguous, as both sides are unwilling to relax their stand on the biggest stumbling block — the issue of “data exclusivity”.
TPPA: Challenges for Australian health and medicine policies
| 19-January-2011
Of particular concern is that proposed TPPA multilateral 
The main focus of this comprehensive policy guide—the first of its kind solely dedicated to the region—is to analyze the effect of bilateral trade agreements on public health regimes and access to medicines in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Relator ONU alerta de que TLC UE-India pondrá en peligro la vida de millones
| 11-December-2010
El TLC entre la UE e India pondrá en peligro la vida de millones de personas que dependen de los medicamentos genéricos producidos en el subcontinente.
Drug patents remain a major FTA battleground
| 8-December-2010
Drug patent restrictions by the United States and the European Union in trade negotiations with emerging countries will harm the Thai pharmaceutical industry and affect local patients, say researchers. 
Marking strong protest against the proposed signing of the European Union-India Free Trade Agreement on IP Provision, a mass protest rally was taken out today jointly by the Centre for Social Development in collaboration with organisation working on drugs and HIV/AIDS, North East Diaglogue Forum, Women Action for Development and Bosco Mangal, Chingmeirong Don Bosco Society, Imphal.
Leaked NZ paper challenges past US FTA models in TPP negotiations
| 5-December-2010
A confidential Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiating paper authored by New Zealand suggests that the trade pact’s patent and copyright provisions be no more stringent than existing global standards
EU trade talks may deal blow to Aids fight
| 3-December-2010
Fears have been raised that cheap life-saving anti-retroviral drugs may no longer be available in Kenya if a trade agreement between the EU and India is concluded.
FTA pact’s product list under attack
| 30-November-2010
The government is coming under increasing attack from activists for pushing ahead with EU-Thailand free trade agreement talks which include alcohol, tobacco and medicines. 0 | ... | 20 | 40 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 140 | 160 | 180 | ... | 520 |
Court ruling fails to stop business lobbies’ privileged access in EU-India trade talks
| 13-June-2013
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