E-DRUG: MSF issues updated ACTA briefing document
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has today issued "Blank Cheque for Abuse:
ACTA and its impact on access to medicines", a briefing document on the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
As a treatment provider, MSF is deeply concerned about the impact of the
enforcement agenda on the production and supply of affordable, legitimate
medicines. We urge contracting States not to sign or ratify ACTA unless all
concerns related to access to medicines are fully addressed.
NOTE: This updates a previous document from November 2010 entitled, "The
Secret Treaty: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Its Impact on
Access to Medicines".
"Blank Cheque for Abuse" can be accessed here:
http://www.msfaccess.org/content/acta-and-its-impact-access-medicines
Joanna Keenan
Press Officer
Médecins Sans Frontières - Access Campaign
E: joanna.keenan[at]geneva.msf.org