# \[e-drug\] EU & Andean Community Trade Agreement: Implications of IP Demands for Public Health **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [September 22, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-eu-andean-community-trade-agreement-implications-of-ip-demands-for-public-health/36128 "2011-09-22T08:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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E-DRUG: EU & Andean Community Trade Agreement: Implications of IP Demands for Public Health ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Members, As the European Union (EU) moves along in its trade negotiations with the MERCOSUR and other developing countries, it is important to look back on previous negotiations and to take stock on lessons learnt. The bilateral trade agreement negotiations between the EU and Peru & Colombia have concluded and implementation is now pending. Health Action International (HAI) Europe, a member of the Latin-American and Caribbean -Global Alliance for Access to Medicines, has prepared a briefing paper providing an overview of the agreements' history: the initial European demands on Intellectual Property; their implications for access to medicines; negotiation developments and their final outcomes. This publication, The European Union & Andean Community Trade Agreements, Intellectual Property & Public Health, also considers the negotiations' political context with the breaking up of a multiparty agreement into bilateral ones, and the potential impact of several Intellectual Property provisions on access to medicines in Colombia and Peru. This policy paper is available in English and Spanish. As a complement, HAI Europe has also developed a Chronology which traces back the EU-Andean Community trade agreement since June 2007. The Policy paper debrief is available at: EN version- [http://haieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sep-2011-European-Union-](http://haieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sep-2011-European-Union-) Andean-Community-Trade-Agreements-Intellectual-Property-Public-Health1.p df ES version - [http://haieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sep-2011-CAN-UE-Acuerdos](http://haieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sep-2011-CAN-UE-Acuerdos) -Comerciales-Propiedad-Intelectual-y-Salud-P%C3%BAblica-Qu%C3%A9-pas%C3% B3.pdf The Chronology paper is available at: [http://haieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/HAI-Europe-Chronology-Th](http://haieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/HAI-Europe-Chronology-Th) e-EU-Andean-Community-trade-agreements-access-to-medicines.pdf Sophie Bloemen & Cora Van den Bossche Health Action International Europe Netherlands "Cora van den Bossche" \