E-DRUG: "Public Health at Risk" - Oxfam paper on US-Thai FTA
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Dear E-druggers,
Oxfam has released a new briefing paper:
Public Health at Risk - A US Free Trade Agreement could threaten access
to medicines in Thailand
Summary: New stringent drug patent and marketing rules being negotiated
in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the US and Thailand would limit
competition and reduce access to affordable medicines in Thailand. This
would threaten the future of existing successful Thai HIV/AIDS treatment
programmes, which rely on inexpensive generic drugs, and thus deprive
thousands of people of effective treatment. Oxfam opposes an FTA with
intellectual property rules that exceed the standards agreed at the
World Trade Organization.
It can be down-loaded at:
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/publications/briefing_pa
pers/briefing_paper.2006-04-19.7697705773
We've moved! Please note new address:
Stephanie Weinberg
Trade Policy Advisor
Oxfam America
1100 15th St. NW, suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 496-1088
Mobile: (202) 390-0629
Fax: (202) 496-1190
SWeinberg@OxfamAmerica.org