TWN Info Service on Health Issues (2013)

• WIPO – US seeks to limit work on patent flexibilities by Alexandra Bhattacharya (02 Oct 13)
• Ban recommended on MNC acquisition of Indian pharmaceutical companies by K. M. Gopakumar (22 Aug 13)
• Half-truths by Roche and Reuters on patent applications' invalidation by K. M. Gopakumar (14 Aug 13)
• 'Negotiating Better Global Health': Pre WHA Advocacy session for Youth by Shila Kaur (02 Aug 13)
• WHO: Members agree to list of behaviors linked to compromised medical products by K. M. Gopakumar (30 Jul 13)
• NGOs' brief to Canadian trade minister re TPP and access to medicines (25 Jul 13)
• Access to medicines resolution adopted by K. M. Gopakumar (16 Jul 13)
• How Intellectual Property Reinforces Inequality by Josephe E. Stiglitz (16 Jul 13)
• WIPO: Secretariat drives agenda on global issues, its legitimacy in question by Sangeeta Shashikant (10 Jul 13)
• Fire in the Blood: A moving documentary of real heroes and villains by Shila Kaur (10 Jul 13)
• ECOSOC - UNSG report takes pro-IP approach, omits concerns by K M Gopakumar & Sangeeta Shashikant (28 Jun 13)
• SouthViews: BITs - Threat to Health by Carlos M. Correa (28 Jun 13)
• NGOs Condemn EU Press Release on TRIPS Extension for LDCs (25 Jun 13)
• UK to call for G8 action against superbugs by Shila Kaur (13 Jun 13)
• WTO Approves an 8-year Extension of Transition Period for LDCs (12 Jun 13)
• Sovereignty and patents at the fore in debate over MERS virus by Edward Hammond (31 May 13)
• Reports on the World Health Assembly (30 May 13)
• Draft text on neglected tropical diseases favours industry by K. M. Gopakumar (27 May 13)
• Poorest nations held hostage by US/EU Demands on TRIPS compliance by Chee Yoke Ling (27 May 13)
• LDC Fight For Extension Of TRIPS Transition Continues by William New (27 May 13)
• WHO: Concerns over draft text on R&D financing and coordination by K. M. Gopakumar (22 May 13)
• United States: Political corruption and the "free trade" racket by Dean Baker (13 May 13)
• New York Times editorial - Exorbitant Prices for Leukemia Drugs (13 May 13)
• HAIAP-TWN-ReACT Workshops on International Health and Antibiotic Resistance (03 May 13)
• Argentina’s draft resolution on “fraudulent medicines” withdrawn by K. M. Gopakumar (02 May 13)
• Organised crime approach to fraudulent medicines raises concerns by K. M. Gopakumar (30 Apr 13)
• Academics Worldwide Support LDCs' Request for TRIPS Extension (29 Apr 13)
• Debunking Pharma's Cant Against the Novartis Judgment: Myth and Fact by Brook K. Baker (03 Apr 13)
• Text of Supreme Court of India's decision on Novartis by Brook K. Baker (03 Apr 13)
• Antibiotic resistance reaches "nightmare" levels by Martin Khor (22 Mar 13)
• Civil Society Letter-Supporting Extension of LDCs' Transition Period (27 Feb 13)
• Putting the aid in AIDS by Martin Khor (25 Feb 13)
• India’s cancer burden: Why the govt’s CL ruling is so important by G. Pramod Kumar (25 Jan 13)
• India Battles For Right to Use Compulsory Licences To Make Medicines Affordable by Patralekha Chatterjee (23 Jan 13)