[Ip-health] Make it Happen - help MSF get HIV drugs in the patent pool

[James ARKINSTALL]

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MAKE IT HAPPEN =E2=80=93 HELP US GET HIV DRUGS IN THE POOL=0D
http://www.msfaccess.org/main/access-patents/make-it-happen-campaign/=0D
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The cost of HIV medicines is rising all the time, meaning that many people=
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with HIV will not be able to afford life-saving medicines. Unless=E2=80=A6=
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There is a way to produce new drugs at affordable prices: Join us in=0D
pushing for the patent pool. This way drug companies share their drug=0D
patents with the pool, so they still get their royalties =E2=80=A6.but at t=
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time other companies can get hold of these patents to make cheaper drugs.=
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Everyone wins.=0D
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Competition between different companies is the best way to make drugs more=
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affordable. You can make sure competition happens by using the law to=0D
limit or overcome the barriers that stand in the way of generic=0D
competition; companies can also help build a new way to create drugs at=0D
affordable prices:  by participating in the patent pool.=0D
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Help us push for the pool : follow this link to write a letter to drug=0D
companies asking them to put their drug patents in the pool=0D
http://www.msfaccess.org/main/access-patents/make-it-happen-campaign/=0D
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Watch our animations explaining how a patent pool could deliver the=0D
medicines we need=0D
http://www.msfaccess.org/main/access-patents/take-the-patent-pool-plunge/=
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James ARKINSTALL=0D
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Senior Communications Officer=0D
M=C3=A9decins Sans Fronti=C3=A8res - Campaign for Access to Essential Medic=
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www.msfaccess.org=0D
Follow us on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/MSF_access=0D
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+33 1 40 21 2837 (office)=0D
+33 6 13 99 7751 (mobile)=0D