TRIPS Council on Access to Medicines

TRIPS Council on Access to Medicines, June, 2001

WT0 page on the June 2001 TRIPS Council. Includes a statement from WTO Director General Michael Moore, a paper submitted by the EU, and a paper submittede by a group of developing countries.

Policy Positions of WTO Members

July 10, 2001. WTO Document. TRIPS: SPECIAL DISCUSSION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ACCESS.

Africa Group statement issued July 25, 2001.

Africa Group statement issued June 20, 2001.

Brazil

European Union

Japan

Singapore

United States

NGO Documents

June 21, 2001. Ellen t'Hoen. MSF report on TRIPS Council on access to medicines
June 20, 2001. Report by the Third World Network. TWN Report on the WTO Discussion on TRIPS and Public Health.
June 20, 2001. Report by the Third World Network. TRIPS, Patents and Access to Medicines: Proposals for Clarification and Refom.
June 15, 2001 Oxfam Press Release. One chance to shake-up the rules denying affordable drugs to poor people
Oxfam Briefing Paper. WTO Patent Rules and Access to Medicines: The Pressure Mounts.
MSF Recommendations to the TRIPS Council.

News Stories

June 24, 2001. Gustavo Capdevila for Dawn. WTO concedes developing world's plea for access to low-cost drugs.
June 23, 2001. Heather Soffield for the Observer. Canada Balks at Plan for Cheaper AIDS Drugs.
June 21, 2001. Gustavo Capdevila for the Asia Times. WTO to debate patents and low-cost drugs.
June 21, 2001. Sarah Boseley and Peter Capella for the Guardian. US Defends Drug Companies.
June 20, 2001. Frances Williams for the Financial Times. Battle over cost of pharmaceuticals moves to WTO.
June 20, 2001. Jonathan Fowler for the Associated Press. Poor Nations Want Lax Drug Rules.

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