[Pharm-policy] Oxfam Drug campaign in the news

[Mike Palmedo]

Oxfam's new "Cut the Cost" campaign to lower drug prices has attracted a
lot of media attention  over the past couple of days.  Here's a sampling
of stories in the news:

February 13, 2001. New York Times 
Oxfam Presses to Make Drugs Cheaper for Poor Countries 
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/13/world/13DRUG.html

February 13, 2001. Business Day. 
Oxfam targets pharmaceutical firms
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,790711-6098-0,00.html

February 13, 2001. International Herald Tribune. 
Oxfam Targeting Drug Firms
http://www.iht.com/articles/10455.html

February 13, 2001. AFX Press. 			
GlaxoSmithKline singled out by Oxfam in attack on drug industry
http://www.afxpress.com/afxpress2/html/story_1803469.xml

February 13, 2001. El Pais.
Una ONG acusa a la gran industria de impedir los fármacos baratos para
países pobres
http://www.elpais.es/p/d/20010213/sociedad/farma.htm

February 13, 2001. Belen Reyes Guitian in El Mundo.
La «guerra de las medicinas» ahoga a los países pobres
http://www.el-mundo.es/diario/sociedad/e000096.html

February 13, 2001. Joana Amado for Publico. 
Guerra dos Medicamentos Contra o Terceiro Mundo
http://jornal.publico.pt/publico/2001/02/13/Sociedade/S01.html

February 13, 2001. Eunice Goes for the Diario do Noticias.
Campanha contra indústria farmacêutica
http://www.dn.pt/ige/13p17b.htm				

February 12, 2001. Reuters. (from Yahoo! News). 
Drug Firms Wage War on Poor, UK Charity Says
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010212/hl/charity_1.html

February 12, 2001. UPI. 
Oxfam accuses drug firms of war against poor
http://www.worldnews.com/?action=display&article=5736158&template=worldnews/search.txt&index=recent

February 12, 2001. BBC. 
Head to Head: Access to patented drugs
(Two short essays: on from Sir Richard Sykes, Chairman of 
GlaxoSmithKline, and one from Sophia Tickell, Oxfam's Policy Advisor.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1166000/1166384.stm

February 12, 2001. Chris Fontaine for the Associated Press. 
Relief agency launches campaign against drug makers
http://www.bergen.com/news/oxfam12200102127.htm

February 12, 2001. Ananova. 
Oxfam condemns GlaxoSmithKline and other drug firms
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_205610.html

February 12, 2001. LA Times. 
Drug Firms Accused of Victimizing Poor 
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010212/t000012934.html

February 12, 2001. BBC. 
Drugs firms 'waging war' on poor
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1165000/1165771.stm

February 12, 2001. Kevin Watkins for the International Herald Tribune.
A Harsh Campaign to Prevent Affordable AIDS Treatment
http://www.iht.com/articles/10323.html

February 12, 2001. Sarah Boseley for the Guardian.  
At the mercy of drug giants
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4134799,00.html

February 12, 2001. Diane Coyle for the Independent. 
Oxfam attacks Glaxo over price of Aids drugs
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Africa/2001-02/glaxo120201.shtml

February 11, 2001.  The Independent Online. 
Oxfam takes aim at pharmaceutical industry
http://www.iol.co.za/html/frame_news.php?click_id=117&art_id=qw981907741330B251

February 11, 2001.  David Pilling in the Financial Times. 
GlaxoSmithKline under pressure over drugs for poor
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3P13T73JC&live=true&useoverridetemplate=ZZZUGORQ00C&tagid=ZZZ1XPDX70C&subheading=uk