[Ip-health] US guts transparency clause in PAHO R&D resolution

[James Love]

http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2009/06/25/paho-guts-transparency/

US guts transparency clause in PAHO R&D resolution
By James Love, on June 25th, 2009

The PAHO negotiations on the R&D resolution has produced a new draft,
which radically guts the provision on transparency of pharmaceutical
industry economics.

The US opposed this language:

    (j) to develop, with input from Member States, a possible standard
for disclosure of economic data for drug registered for sale, including
disclosures of the costs of R&D, the prices of products, and the annual
revenues from the sale of products.

The US agreed to this language:

    (i) promote transparency, with the collaboration of the Member
States, and, when appropriate, the dissemination of information useful
for research and development and for research findings.


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James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International
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