The 1/4/6×24 Campaign Coalition Welcomes India’s Rejection of Johnson & Johnson’s Patent Evergreening Tactic
The Indian Patent Office has taken a laudable step that will pave the way for generic manufacturing of a key tuberculosis (TB) drug.
The LAT CAB Responds to MedinCell and Medicines Patent Pool License on a New Long-Acting Malaria Formulation
As the global Long-Acting Technologies Community Advisory Board (LAT CAB) representing vast civil society networks, and people living with and affected by malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, and the hepatitis C virus (HCV) across the world, we welcome the efforts leading to the development of an investigational long-acting injectable (LAI) formulation of ivermectin to fight malaria transmission, mdc-STM currently in preclinical stage, and developed by MedinCell.
Activists Across the World Demand Urgent Action to Improve Access to Lifesaving Tuberculosis (TB) Medicine, Bedaquiline
A new generic version of bedaquiline produced by Macleods Pharmaceuticals in India has cleared the Global Fund’s Expert Review Panel (ERP), an independent group of experts that reviews finished pharmaceutical products and makes recommendations on their use to the Global Fund.
Same Meds, New Patents: What Do Activists Need to Know About Long-Acting Technologies
On November 4, 2021, Treatment Action Group and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition presented this webinar outlining the main findings of the upcoming report "Hepatitis C and Tuberculosis Long-Acting Medicines: Analysis on Patenting Trends."
Hepatitis C and Tuberculosis Long-Acting Medicines: Analysis of Patenting Trends and Implications for Access
This new report offers recommendations to ensure access to long-acting technologies throughout the research and development process.
TAG Welcomes U.S. Government Support of Intellectual Property Flexibilities to Enable COVID-19 Vaccine Access
Treatment Action Group (TAG) applauds the U.S. government’s decision to support the India-South Africa proposed waiver of certain intellectual property rights to enable equitable access to life-saving interventions for COVID-19.
Isoniazid/Rifapentine (3HP) Access Roadmap and Patent Landscape
Our publication, Isoniazid/Rifapentine (3HP) Access Roadmap and Patent Landscape, provides a landscape of patent applications filed by the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi on combinations of two essential medicines used to prevent tuberculosis (TB): isoniazid and rifapentine.
Sanofi Withdraws Two Patent Applications on Life-Saving Tuberculosis Prevention Drugs in Europe and in Indonesia
Follow up to our 12/19 statement applauding Indian activists for taking legal action to oppose two patent applications filed by Sanofi in India. This joint statement from Treatment Action Group and OTMeds urges Sanofi to deliver on its promise to withdraw in all countries where the applications were filed and are still pending.
Treatment Action Group Applauds Indian TB Activists in Opposing Patents for Critical TB Prevention Drugs
Treatment Action Group (TAG) applauds the legal actions undertaken by our colleagues from the Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+) and tuberculosis (TB) survivor and activist Ganesh Acharya of Mumbai, with support from the Third World Network (TWN), contesting two patent applications on combinations of two decades-old TB medicines filed in India by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi.
Pharma Lies, People Die: Myth-Busting Fact Sheet on Medicine Development and Pricing
By Bryn Gay, HCV Project Director, TAG and Claudine Guerra, CUNY DOWNLOAD to print this article as a poster (A1 size) The current leaders of the United States manufacture crises, media optics, and catchy sound bites to side step actual…