Access to Medicines

Civil Society commentary on the WHO's Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property

Publication date:

Monday, October 1, 2007

This is a response from 25 civil society groups from around the world to the draft "Plan of Action" recently issued by the WHO's Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health

The unravelling of compulsory licenses: evidence from Thailand and India

Author: Jeremiah Norris

Publication date:

Friday, May 18, 2007

Many factors affect access to medicines in developing countries, but the global debate has focused on intellectual property.

Will compulsory licences improve treatment for patients? The case of Thailand

Author: Philip Stevens

Publication date:

Friday, May 18, 2007

Compulsory licenses are not the solution to better health in Thailand, argues Philip Stevens

Something patently wrong

IPN Opinion article

Author: Barun Mitra

Why the 10/90 gap is still 100% fiction

IPN Opinion article

Author: Philip Stevens

Certain NGOs still talk about correcting the '10/90 gap' in health research, even though it demonstrably does not exist.

Civil Society Report on Intellectual Property, Innovation & Health

Publication date:

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

This report is a response from a global coalition of concerned civil society groups to the World Health Organization’s Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH).