[Ip-health] The Global Politics of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Power - new book by Ellen 't Hoen

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New publication:=0D
The Global Politics of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Power by Ellen =E2=80=98t Ho=
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Every day, M=C3=A9decins Sans Fronti=C3=A8res (MSF) is confronted with the =
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access to adequate or affordable medical tools in the field. We face two=0D
major challenges =E2=80=93 the high cost of existing medicines on the one h=
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and the absence of appropriate or effective treatments for many of the=0D
diseases affecting our patients on the other.=0D
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This new book by Ellen =E2=80=98t Hoen, former Director of Policy Advocacy =
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MSF Access Campaign, explains why these twin challenges are in fact two=0D
sides of the same coin.  More importantly perhaps, it also analyses the=0D
latest mechanisms and policy changes that may help change the broken=0D
system of medical innovation and access to medicines today.=0D
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In particular, the book highlights recent alternative mechanisms to=0D
encourage medical R&D in a way that also ensures access to the developed=0D
product =E2=80=93 by separating the costof research and development from th=
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of diagnostics, medicines, and vaccines.=0D
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As such, MSF wholeheartedly welcomes the publication, in the hope that it=
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may both spur efforts, such as a patent pool, to speed up access to newer=
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medicines, and boost initiatives that make use of alternative financing=0D
mechanisms in order to develop new, more appropriate treatments that=0D
respond to medical needs.=0D
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An open access version of the book is freely available on the MSF Access=0D
Campaign website:=0D
www.msfaccess.org=0D