Why all WTO members should back the TRIPS waiver proposal
NewsThere is evidence to show that an equitable roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines globally would dramatically reduce the loss of life....
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GALLERY: International Women’s Day 2021
News Photo galleryAround this time last year, before many countries went into their first COVID-19 related lockdown, Make Medicines Affordable met with...
‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal
NewsPfizer has been accused of “bullying” Latin American governments in COVID-19 vaccine negotiations and has asked some countries to put...
The next COVID-19 crisis: A vaccine apartheid endangering us all
News ResearchThe West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations waiting longer and paying more. Published by The...
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Civil society files lawsuit against Thai Department of Intellectual Property as “failure to reject TB patent is unlawful”
News Press releaseTranslated from the original press release published in Thai, by The Standard and Prachathai. On 2 February 2021, a civil...
“No more delay – reject patent request for potential COVID-19 drug” urges Thai civil society
NewsJapanese company Fujifilm-Toyama has filed for patents on favipiravir in Thailand. Favipiravir is an antiviral drug which has been used...
Pan-genotypic Hep-C drug added to Thai health system
NewsThe first pan-genotypic Hepatitis C drug, which can be prescribed without the requirement for expensive and limited testing to determine...
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Activism is “keeping your feet on the ground”
Interview“I am from a traditional family in Manipur. The way we were brought up was to respect our elders, irrespective...
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Getting India’s struggling Hep-C services re-open during COVID-19
Interview NewsFor the estimated 6-12 million people living with Hepatitis C in India, access to treatment was already way below the...
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