This year, USTR conducted an Out of Cycle Review of intellectual property practices in Thailand and the Philippines. Both countries have come under pressure from the US over issues surrounding IP and access to medicines. To view the comments, go…
Steps USTR Can Take to Address Key Concerns in IP-Health Platform. May 2009. (PDF) Note – this document accompanied the U.S. Civil Society Platform on Trade-Related Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines Issues, available here.
Download Platform (PDF) The following represents four key goals that our organizations agree should guide US trade policy and practice with regard to intellectual property (IP) and health matters. Under each goal we have listed specific actions that we…