[Lawyers Collective, India] As you know, transnational pharmaceutical companies and the US Government are putting pressure on the Indian Government to change India’s IP laws especially the Indian Patents Act, which will make medicines unaffordable to millions of people in India and other developing countries.
Peoples’ groups, patients’ networks and civil society organizations have come together in one voice to ask the US government to stop pressuring India against use of its legitimate rights to protect public health. The petition asks the US Government to stop pressuring India. The petition also urges the Indian Government to hold its ground and not give in to the pressure.
We request all to take action and sign the petition to strengthen the voice to show that access to affordable medicines is non-negotiable and cannot be left to the whims of pharmaceutical companies.
Act now, raise your voice, sign the petition! http://t.co/r234V6398W
The current list of petitioners is provided below. If your organisation wishes to support the petition as a co-petitioner, please send an e-mail to malini@oxfamindia.org .
- National Working Group on Patent Laws, India
- Lawyers Collective, India
- Low Cost Standard Therapeutics (LOCOST), India
- Initiative for Health & Equity in Society, India
- All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN), India
- Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India
- Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), India
- All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN), India
- Medico Friends Circle, India
- Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, India
- Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab, India
- Thai Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (TNP+), Thailand
- Thai Network Coalition on AIDS (TNCA), Thailand
- AIDS Access Foundation, Thailand
- Drug Study Group, Thailand
- Foundation for AIDS Rights (FAR), Thailand
- Foundation for Consumers (FFC), Thailand
- People’s Health System Movement, Thailand
- Thai Holistic Health Foundation, Thailand
- The Rural Pharmacist Association, Thailand
- The Rural Pharmacist Foundation, Thailand
- FTA Watch, Thailand
- Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+), India
- Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+)
- International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), South Asia
- Global Health Access Project (Health GAP)
- International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC)
- Oxfam International
- Third World Network (TWN)
- Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
- Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network (YP-CDN)
In solidarity,
Lawyers Collective
