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...
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New data demonstrates the impact of patents in Ukraine
News Research2020 will be remembered for COVID-19. The scale of the pandemic highlights the urgent need to ensure equitable access to...
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OPINION: Breaking a ‘vicious cycle’ of overpaying for HIV drugs in Ukraine
News Opinion“In November 2020, Ukraine finally shifted from the overpriced branded version of darunavir (DRV) to the more affordable generic version of...
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Andrei: “The church and HIV treatment activism go hand-in-hand”
Interview“I’m never apart from this book, it’s what inspires me,” says Andrei, 44, a black leather bible firmly in his...
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Petro: Providing the protection he didn’t have
InterviewWhen Petro was a teenager selling sex, HIV treatment didn’t exist, at least not as far as he was aware,...
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Breakthrough success as reformed patent law enters into force in Ukraine
News Press releaseUkraine’s reformed patent law provides a framework to prevent unlawful patents and monopolies on essential drugs, which have restricted access...
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Danylo: Positive attitudes start with teaching – and effective HIV treatment
InterviewDanylo (name changed), 18, shares information about HIV with his university friends in Cherkassy, Ukraine. For example, “that HIV is...
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Vera: HIV targets won’t be met without gender equality and accessible treatment
InterviewOn the day that new research is published, showing that countries are being overcharged by $34 billion a year for HIV drugs, Vera Varyga,...
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Ukraine: 100% LIFE opposes patent on TB drug for children
NewsOur campaign partner in Ukraine, 100% LIFE, has submitted the first patent opposition on bedaquiline in the Eastern Europe and Central...
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Activists urge Eurasian states to order more affordable medicines, after HIV patent is dropped
Call to action NewsAbbVie has waived its patent rights for HIV drug, lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r), in many parts of the world, including for the...
