MSF URGES NOVARTIS TO DROP ITS CASE AGAINST THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT

20 December 2006

Case will negatively impact access to medicines for millions across the world

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MSF WELCOMES MOVE TO OVERCOME PATENT ON AIDS DRUG IN THAILAND

30 November 2006

Geneva, 29 November 2006 – Thailand today for the first time announced it will issue a compulsory licence for use by the government to improve access to a key HIV/AIDS medicine, efavirenz.  The...

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PEOPLE NOT GETTING THE TREATMENT THEY NEED TO STAY ALIVE

29 November 2006

NEWER AIDS DRUGS UNAFFORDABLE AND UNAVAILABLE

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New Study Shows Potential for Shorter and Safer Sleeping Sickness Treatment

15 November 2006

Toxic treatments with older drugs should be phased out

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FIVE YEARS AFTER DOHA, DRUG PRICES ARE ON THE RISE

14 November 2006

COUNTRIES MUST MAKE MORE USE OF TRIPS FLEXIBILITIES

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Global Fund and Guatemalan Government Urged to Commit Resources to Ensure Broader HIV/AIDS Treatment and Lower Drug Prices

07 November 2006

Guatemala/Geneva,  November 3, 2006 - On the occasion of the board meeting of the Global Fund to Fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in Guatemala City, the international medical...

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THE XDR-TB EMERGENCY WILL REQUIRE NEW STRATEGIES AND NEW TOOLS: BUSINESS AS USUAL WOULD BE FATAL

30 October 2006

New MSF analysis shows greater investment required to make TB historyParis/Geneva, 30 October 2006 – Relying on the standard World Health Organization (WHO) TB strategies in the face of...

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The Lancet 2006 -Historic opportunity for WHO to re-assert leadership

20 October 2006

When countries gather for WHO's Executive Board meeting next month, to appoint a new...

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BACKGROUND: NOVARTIS FILES CASE IN INDIA CHALLENGING PATENT OFFICE ORDER AND PATENT LAW

26 September 2006

CANCER PATIENTS DEMAND WITHRAWAL OF CASES

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AS NOVARTIS CHALLENGES INDIA’S PATENT LAW, MSF WARNS ACCESS TO MEDICINES IS UNDER THREAT

26 September 2006

New Delhi/Geneva, 26 September 2006 – A challenge against India’s patent law filed by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis will be heard in the Chennai High Court in India today. ...

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