[Pharm-policy] Demo outside US Embasssy in Bangkok

[James Love]

>From msfdrugs@asianet.co.th Tue Jan 18 07:30:33 2000
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:09:42 +0700
From: MSF-Drugs Bangkok <msfdrugs@asianet.co.th>
To: Daniel Berman <daniel_BERMAN@geneva.msf.org>,
     Bernard Pecoul <Bernard_PECOUL@geneva.msf.org>,
     James Love <love@cptech.org>

Subject: Demo outside US embassy

Dear Daniel, Bernard and Jamie,

About 200 people demonstrated outside the US embassy, demanding that the
US will not interfere if Thailand uses compulsory license. As in the
previous demonstration, people were wearing yellow T-shirts that said
(in Thai): "why are medicines so expensive?" and on the back: "I am
friend of someone with AIDS". A group of 8 people met with Robert Fitts
the economic counselor of the embassy. Fitts said he was waiting for
directives from Washington before he could communicate with the Thai
government. He said that the US would not object to compulsory license
for ddI if it is TRIPS compliant and if it will lower the price and
improve access to ddI.


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regards,
Tido


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