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As UN General Assembly starts, MSF urges governments to set medical research policies that align with people’s health needs

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New MSF report exposes pharma industry failings and highlights new ways of researching and developing medicines that address public health needs Geneva, 13 September, 2016 – Governments must do more to promote the development of desperately-needed new medicines, vaccines, and diagnostics at affordable prices, urges international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières … Read more

MSF calls for affordable pneumonia vaccines ahead of Pfizer’s patent hearing in India.

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New Delhi/ New York, July 28, 2016 – Tomorrow Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will defend the rights of millions of children around the world to be protected against pneumonia at a hearing at India’s Patent Office. In March the organisation filed a ‘patent opposition’ to prevent US pharmaceutical company Pfizer from … Read more

Countries Must Fix Critical Access to Medicines Flaws in Trans-Pacific Trade Pact

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India 2013 © Sami Siva LIMA/NEW YORK, MAY 14, 2013—As negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) restart in Lima, Peru, tomorrow, countries must prioritize fixing critical flaws in the agreement that could leave millions of people in developing countries with limited access to affordable generic medicines, international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières … Read more