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Although the U. Likewise, the fact that the U. While agribusiness trade groups may demand such policies which certainly benefit global pesticide and seed companies , they do not benefit family farmers. Mexico is well within its rights to adopt these provisions, as the U. If the U. We look forward to working with you to take the next steps toward this new vision.

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Apr 16, Filed under. The globalization the United States. Initiatives by pharmaceutical public interest of patients and health ucts. The Lancet weak and predominantly based on dona- The use of TRIPS flexibilities is an Commission on Essential Medicines tions or small-scale, patient-based price important tool that can help countries Policies recommended that all new es- discounts.

Furthermore, with increasingly companies also have a responsibility as part of day-to-day procurement and widespread pharmaceutical patenting, to provide access to medicines, for ex- took place without much publicity. Our study shows that governments expanded to include all new essential The relatively unknown use of TRIPS have successfully used public noncom- medicines so that these medicines would flexibilities for regular drug procure- mercial use licences and the least- be available as generics in low- and ment that we uncovered is in stark developed countries pharmaceutical middle-income countries well before the contrast to the publicity attracted by transition measure to procure patented patents expire.

In the absence of volun- some instances of their use by middle- medicines, thereby providing suppliers tary or Medicines Patent Pool licences, income countries. For example, the of generic products with the required governments could use TRIPS flex- compulsory licences issued by Brazil, legal assurances. The use of standard ibilities as part of regular procurement. India and Thailand caused a widespread licence models would streamline the Regrettably, although the need for controversy because of the harsh re- process of procuring generic medicine government resolve and action to bring sponses they provoked by the United equivalents of new expensive patented down the price of patented medicines States of America and the European medicines.

For example, ge- the flexibilities in the TRIPS Agree- an out-of-cycle review by the Office of neric medicines produced under certain ment, such as compulsory licensing, the United States Trade Representative. One example is that the WHO to issue a compulsory licence for if that country has issued a compulsory grounds for compulsory licensing could the cancer drug imatinib, which is in- licence.

Given the problems many medicines and that could help ensure middle-income countries has been a countries face today in providing access universal access to new, essential medi- substantial obstacle to their routine to high-priced, patented medicines, cines for all. However, their use should Acknowledgments issue compulsory licences for cancer not be regarded as a measure of last We thank Weronika Blaszczyk, Liz medications is likely to have a chilling resort because they can be considered Maarseveen, Catalina Navarrete, Tamar effect on others.

La Conferencia Ministerial de de la todos. En propiedad intelectual para el desarrollo de nuevos medicamentos y general, se identificaron casos de posibles usos de las flexibilidades el precio de los mismos.

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