# \[e-drug\] Zimbabwe anti-retroviral patents page

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E-DRUG: Zimbabwe anti-retroviral patents page  
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[WB]

Jamie Love of CPTECH has collated all information about the recent  
government use compulsory license for ARVs in Zimbabwe. See:

[http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/c/zimbabwe/](http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/c/zimbabwe/)

The Zimbabwe page contains:

Justice Minister Declares Period of Emergency

On May 24, 2002, Zimbabwe's Minister of Justice, P. A. Chinamasa  
declared declaion of emergency in order to override antiretroviral drug  
patents. The declaration is effective for six months. Medicins Sans  
Frontieres estimates that this action will lower the price of a  
first-line triple therapy from US$1,168 to $412.

Legal Documents  
General Notice 240 of 2002: Declaration of Period of Emergency.  
Patents Act Art. 35: Special Provisions as to State Use During  
Emergency.  
Full Text of Zimbabwe's Patents Act.

NGO Statements  
CPTech Statement  
Health GAP Statement. Zimbabwe's declaration of 'AIDS emergency' opens  
doors for increased access to affordable drugs.  
Medicins Sans Frontieres press release. Zimbabwe government takes  
emergency action against HIV/AIDS: Overriding patents will dramatically  
cut price of treatment for patients.

News Stories  
My 30, 2002. David Masunda for the Financial Gazette. Question Mark  
Greets New Aids Directive.  
May 29, 2002. Associated Press. Zimbabwe Lifts Restrictions on AIDS.  
May 29, 2002. Reuters. Zimbabwe Declares Emergency to Fight AIDS.  
May 29, 2002. UN Integrated Regional Information Networks. State  
Declares Emergency, Allows Use of Generics.  
May 28, 2002. Harare Herald. Emergency Declared.  
May 27, 2002. CNN. Zimbabwe declares AIDS emergency.  
May 13, 2002. Harare Herald State Seeks to Make Anti-Retroviral Drugs  
Affordable.

Assistance from Thailand in Production of Generic Drugs

January 29, 2002. Xinhua News Agency. Thailand to Assist Zimbabwe in  
Production of Generic AIDS Drugs.  
December, 2001. HDN Key Correspondents/Rapporteur Team. Thai Strategy  
for Generic Drugs to Africa

Misc.

UNAIDS Zimbabwe Fact Sheet from 2000 Report.  
US State Department Fact Sheet. HIV/AIDS: Zimbabwe's Hidden Enemy.  
April 11, 2002. Harare Herald. HIV-Positive Pregnant Women Get Free  
Drugs.  
May 11, 1999. BBC News. Zimbabwe struggles against Aids onslaught.

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