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IP summit for Africa?

February 12, 2012

Civil society responds to the push by US and others to expand IP protections and enforcement through Africa IP Summit in Cape Town From 3 – 5 April, the Africa Intellectual Property Forum: Intellectual Property, Regional Integration and Economic Growth in Africa (‘the Africa IP Summit’) will be held at the International Convention Center in […]

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Highlighting medicines affected by strict IP laws: Linezolid

February 3, 2012

Generic name: Linezolid Brand name: Zyvox and Zyvoxid Cost in South Africa: R282.25 per 600 mg tablet in the public sector and R593.01 per 600 mg tablet in the private sector (SEP ex VAT) Linezolid is used in the treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) and other serious infections. It is recommended to treat complicated […]

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Fix the Patent Laws: Campaigning for pro-public health reform of South Africa’s Patents Act

January 26, 2012

A Treatment Action Campaign briefing document Background The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (“the TRIPS agreement”), effective from 1 January 1995, set standards of intellectual property protection that member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are required to uphold in their own national laws.[1] The TRIPS agreement requires WTO member countries […]

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Public lecture today on India’s battle for pro-public health IP laws

When: Thursday January 26, 18h00

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Patent legislation

Patents Act No 57 of 1978 as last amended in 2002 Patents Amendment Act No 20 of 2005

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Read the November 2011 issue of Equal Treatment: Fix the law – Save our lives

January 25, 2012

Read the full magazine at http://www.tac.org.za/community/files/file/etmag/ET41/ET41English.pdf

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TAC calls on government to amend South Africa’s Patents Act and protect our right to health

          Press release   16 November 2011 (Cape Town) – Ten years ago this week, member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) signed the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (“the Doha Declaration”). Members were gathered in Doha to discuss valid concerns that an international agreement to protect intellectual […]

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