#Wikileaks publishes August 30, 2013 version of TPP Text | Knowledge Ecology International
▻http://www.keionline.org/node/1825
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has obtained from Wikileaks a complete copy of the consolidated negotiating text for the IP Chapter of the #Trans-Pacific_Partnership (#TPP).
Access to Medicines
The trade agreement includes proposals for more than a dozen measures that would limit competition and raise prices in markets for drugs. These include (but are not limited to) provisions that would lower global standards for obtaining patents, make it easier to file patents in developing countries, extend the term of patents beyond 20 years, and create exclusive rights to rely upon test data as evidence that drugs are safe and effective
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Patents on Surgical Methods
An interesting example of how the US seeks to change national and global norms are the provisions in the TPP over patents on surgical methods. The WTO permits countries to exclude “diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical methods for the treatment of humans or animals.” The US wants to flip this provision
ça parle aussi d’#hadopi (enfin de #piratage) et de #propriété_intellectuelle… à suivre. La machine ne s’arrête jamais
MSF Open Letter to #TPP Countries: Don’t trade away health | msfaccess.org
▻http://www.msfaccess.org/content/msf-open-letter-tpp-countries-dont-trade-away-health
We believe this presents a direct threat to the future availability of affordable medicines for MSF’s patients and for millions of others around the Asia-Pacific region. We are also concerned that the TPP, billed as a ‘21st century model trade agreement’, could become a global standard, with worldwide damaging repercussions for access to treatment.
