E-DRUG: Make it Happen - help MSF get HIV drugs in the patent pool
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MAKE IT HAPPEN - HELP US GET HIV DRUGS IN THE POOL
http://www.msfaccess.org/main/access-patents/make-it-happen-campaign/
The cost of HIV medicines is rising all the time, meaning that many people
with HIV will not be able to afford life-saving medicines. Unless ?
There is a way to produce new drugs at affordable prices: Join us in
pushing for the patent pool. This way drug companies share their drug
patents with the pool, so they still get their royalties- but at the same
time other companies can get hold of these patents to make cheaper drugs.
Everyone wins.
Competition between different companies is the best way to make drugs more
affordable. You can make sure competition happens by using the law to
limit or overcome the barriers that stand in the way of generic
competition; companies can also help build a new way to create drugs at
affordable prices: by participating in the patent pool.
Help us push for the pool : follow this link to write a letter to drug
companies asking them to put their drug patents in the pool
http://www.msfaccess.org/main/access-patents/make-it-happen-campaign/
Watch our animations explaining how a patent pool could deliver the
medicines we need
http://www.msfaccess.org/main/access-patents/take-the-patent-pool-plunge/
James ARKINSTALL
Senior Communications Officer
Medecins Sans Frontieres - Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
www.msfaccess.org
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+33 1 40 21 2837 (office)
+33 6 13 99 7751 (mobile)
James ARKINSTALL <James.ARKINSTALL@paris.msf.org>