[e-drug] Friday U.S. Capitol Hill Briefing on Thailand Situation (2)

["Mira Shiva" <mirashiva@yahoo.com>]

E-DRUG: Friday U.S. Capitol Hill Briefing on Thailand Situation (2)
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Dear  Judit,  Ben etc ,
   
It is good that Jamie Love, Robert Weissman & Buddhima will be there.  We have witnessed the gross misuse of Super 301, the existence of which & the nature of its misuse many are not familiar with- Its role in signing of TRIPS Agrememt
  
 We are witnessing the pressures being put in Developing countries to either to go beyond TRIPs & not be allowed to use the flexibilities.
   
Thailand has a right to protect the public health of its people.
  
The Trips MANDATED REVIEW is long overdue. It was to take place 5 years after launching of WTO in 1995  Even as attempts are being made to resuscitate Doha Round of WTO, with attempts at getting poor of developing countries to pay the price, TRIPS Review needs to be undertaken in an UNBIASED TRANSPARENT way 
to show not just what is happening to drug prices. access but the unacceptale, unethical pressures 

  Dr Mira Shiva M.D 
  All India Drug Action Network 
  Initiative for Health , Equity & Society 
  A 60 Hauz Khas 
  New Delhi
  110016 INDIA
Mira Shiva <mirashiva@yahoo.com>