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June 16, 2021
The Fix the Patent Laws campaign wrote to Minister Ebrahim Patel on 5 October 2020 requesting an update on the status of the draft legislation implementing the Intellectual Property Policy. Dear Minister Patel,Re: Status of the draft legislation implementing the Intellectual Property Policy The above refers. Fix the Patent Laws (FTPL) is a coalition of […]
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June 1, 2021
28 May 2021 Programme Director,Your Excellency, President Emmanuel Macron,Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Jens Spahn,Ministers,Ambassador of France, Mr Aurélien Lechevallier,Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Martin Schäfer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, Professor Tawana Kupe,Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr John Nkengasong, Chair of […]
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May 17, 2021
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, associated in particular with the People Living with HIV, is steadily increasing. The success of ARV treatments has the negative impact of a compromised immune system that is more susceptible to cancers such as non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, cervical cancer associated with the human papilloma virus and Kaposi Sarcoma. Preliminary results from a study focusing […]
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May 6, 2021
The Fix the Patent Laws campaign welcomes the announcement that the Biden-Harris Administration supports the temporary waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. “This decision is as result of massive global solidarity and mobilisation by activists around the world, who have been fighting for equitable access for COVID-19 vaccines for all. While we commend […]
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April 23, 2021
23 April, Johannesburg — In 2018, Cabinet adopted the South African Policy on Intellectual Property, Phase 1. It heralded a new era in medicine access. Yet three years later and nothing has changed in the lives of people in South Africa, who right now continue to need medicines that remain unaffordable and out of reach. “The […]
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March 18, 2021
The Fix the Patent Laws Campaign (FTPL) represented by the Cancer Alliance, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the People’s Health Movement, SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign, has gathered here today to urge the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to urgently finalise draft amendments to the Patents Act to ensure that the government has the […]
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March 17, 2021
DTIC must fix the patent laws to accelerate access to medicines for all COVID-19 has spurred a global health crisis that disproportionately affects working-class and poor people. Patents, and other intellectual property instruments, can act as obstacles to accessing lifesaving medicines and other technology because they protect manufacturers from competition, keep prices of medicines high, […]
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February 5, 2021
Johannesburg: 5 February 2021 The supply of safe and effective vaccines for all is being artificially rationed because of the protection of exclusive rights and monopolies of pharmaceutical corporations, the People’s Vaccine Alliance said today. The alliance warned that the three biggest vaccine companies in the world are largely sitting on the sidelines – they […]
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Press Release 1 February 2021 The Doha Declaration states that countries can and should interpret the Agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in a manner that protects public health, including ensuring access to essential medicines for all. So why are the representatives of the USA, UK, EU, Australian Japan, Brasil […]
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November 5, 2020
It’s critical that there is equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available. Having seen how patents can act as barriers to access to medicines in the past, we need to make sure everyone everywhere can access effective COVID-19 medicines – and that requires intellectual property reform. Fix The Patent Laws Coalition, a […]
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Globally people are suffering and dying needlessly because governments are unable to afford to buy medicines to save their lives. It is time to Fix the Patent Laws to save our lives!
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Status of the draft legislation implementing the Intellectual Property Policy
The Fix the Patent Laws campaign wrote to Minister Ebrahim Patel on 5 October 2020 requesting an update on the status of the draft legislation implementing the Intellectual Property Policy. Dear Minister Patel,Re: Status of the draft legislation implementing the Intellectual Property Policy The above refers. Fix the Patent Laws (FTPL) is a coalition of […]
READ MORERemarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the high-level dialogue on the future of vaccine manufacturing in Africa at the University of Pretoria, Tshwane
28 May 2021 Programme Director,Your Excellency, President Emmanuel Macron,Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Jens Spahn,Ministers,Ambassador of France, Mr Aurélien Lechevallier,Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Martin Schäfer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, Professor Tawana Kupe,Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr John Nkengasong, Chair of […]
READ MOREPatents and access to Lymphoma medicines
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, associated in particular with the People Living with HIV, is steadily increasing. The success of ARV treatments has the negative impact of a compromised immune system that is more susceptible to cancers such as non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, cervical cancer associated with the human papilloma virus and Kaposi Sarcoma. Preliminary results from a study focusing […]
READ MOREComment on US trade representative support of the temporary waiver of intellectual property for COVID-19 vaccines
The Fix the Patent Laws campaign welcomes the announcement that the Biden-Harris Administration supports the temporary waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. “This decision is as result of massive global solidarity and mobilisation by activists around the world, who have been fighting for equitable access for COVID-19 vaccines for all. While we commend […]
READ MOREFix the Patent Laws Campaign demands urgent release of bill to save lives
23 April, Johannesburg — In 2018, Cabinet adopted the South African Policy on Intellectual Property, Phase 1. It heralded a new era in medicine access. Yet three years later and nothing has changed in the lives of people in South Africa, who right now continue to need medicines that remain unaffordable and out of reach. “The […]
READ MOREMEMORADUM: FIX THE PATENT LAWS PICKET, 18 MARCH 2021
The Fix the Patent Laws Campaign (FTPL) represented by the Cancer Alliance, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the People’s Health Movement, SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign, has gathered here today to urge the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to urgently finalise draft amendments to the Patents Act to ensure that the government has the […]
READ MOREMedia Alert: Fix the Patent Laws to picket at Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC)
DTIC must fix the patent laws to accelerate access to medicines for all COVID-19 has spurred a global health crisis that disproportionately affects working-class and poor people. Patents, and other intellectual property instruments, can act as obstacles to accessing lifesaving medicines and other technology because they protect manufacturers from competition, keep prices of medicines high, […]
READ MOREMonopolies are causing “artificial rationing” in COVID-19 crisis as 3 biggest global vaccine giants sit on sidelines
Johannesburg: 5 February 2021 The supply of safe and effective vaccines for all is being artificially rationed because of the protection of exclusive rights and monopolies of pharmaceutical corporations, the People’s Vaccine Alliance said today. The alliance warned that the three biggest vaccine companies in the world are largely sitting on the sidelines – they […]
READ MORESAVE LIVES NOW: SUPPORT THE COVID-19 TRIPS WAIVER
Press Release 1 February 2021 The Doha Declaration states that countries can and should interpret the Agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in a manner that protects public health, including ensuring access to essential medicines for all. So why are the representatives of the USA, UK, EU, Australian Japan, Brasil […]
READ MOREMinister Patel must make COVID-19 medicines accessible to all by taking steps to #FixThePatentLaws
It’s critical that there is equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available. Having seen how patents can act as barriers to access to medicines in the past, we need to make sure everyone everywhere can access effective COVID-19 medicines – and that requires intellectual property reform. Fix The Patent Laws Coalition, a […]
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