The Medicines Patent Pool Initiative in the media

December 8, 2009
Statement on Patent Pool Scope by UNITAID Chair

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October 5, 2009
UNICEF UK launches petition for UNITAID Patent Pool
http://www.unicef.org.uk/campaigns/take_action/petition/?action=78

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October 2, 2009
Make it Happen - MSF's Patent Pool Campaign
http://www.msfaccess.org/main/access-patents/make-it-happen-campaign/

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July 25, 2009 
Lancet editorial on UNITAID patent pool initiative
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61346-5/fulltext

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July 10, 2009 
Inside Views: How To Avert The Coming Drug Access Crisis
Interview With Ellen ‘t Hoen, Senior IP Advisor At UNITAID, author of "The Global Politics of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Power."
Link to the article: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=5225 

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June 1, 2009
A Parliamentary Motion calling on pharmaceutical companies to show their commitment to access to medicines for the world's poorest people by signing up to the UNITAID patent pool was tabled by David Borrow MP, Chairman of the APPG. More information can be found here: http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=38730&SESSION=899

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Media Links by Agency
All Africa - 15 September 2009
BBC News - 30 September 2009
BBC News - 15 July 2009
Financial Times - 14 July 2009
Guardian - 15 September 2009 (letters)
Guardian - 10 September 2009 (health)
Guardian - 10 September 2009 (business)
Guardian - 6 September 2009 (business)
IP Watch - 11 December 2009
IP Watch - 9 July 2009
The Lancet - November 2009
The Lancet - October 2009

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