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Day March 25, 2015

Multilateral Fora

UNITAID Urges Support for ‘Pharmaceuticals Exemption’ for Least Developed Countries

[UNITAID Press Release, Link] UNITAID is concerned about the expiry of the ‘pharmaceuticals exemption’ for least-developed countries (LDCs) which originates from the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. Due to this exemption, least developed countries (LDCs) are…

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March 25, 2015

Regional Fora

EU Trade Secrets Directive Threat to Health, Environment, Free Speech and Worker Mobility

[Civil society statement signed by 50 groups, Link] We strongly oppose the hasty push by the European Commission and Council for a new European Union (EU) directive on trade secrets because it contains: An unreasonably broad definition of “trade secrets”…

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March 25, 2015