E-DRUG: Medical R&D Treaty
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Over the past two years a number of persons have been working on the
development of a new trade framework for medicine -- one that focuses on
country obligations to support R&D. This framework is designed as a
substitute for trade frameworks that focus on measures that raise drug
prices, like the TRIPS, the EU agreement with Korea, the US/Australian
FTA, CAFTA, etc. A sign-on letter is being circulated asking the WHO
to evaluate the proposed treaty. Copies of the sign-on letter and the
proposed treaty text are on web here:
http://www.cptech.org/workingdrafts/rndsignonletter.html
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James Love, Director, CPTech, http://www.cptech.org
Consumer Project on Technology in Washington, DC
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Tel.: 1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176
Consumer Project on Technology in Geneva
1 Route des Morillons, CP 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 6727
Mobile +1.202.361.3040
james.love@cptech.org