Healthy Skepticism Library item: 17138

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Publication type: Journal Article

't Hoen E
Pharmaceutical companies and the UNITAID patent pool
The Lancet 2010 Jan 2; 375:(9708):30
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)62189-9/fulltext

Abstract:

Richard Gold and Jean-Frédéric Morin (Oct 17, p 1329) 1 appeal to the UK Government to encourage pharmaceutical companies to license their AIDS drug patents to the UNITAID Patent Pool Initiative. However, their letter contains several inaccuracies.
Contrary to their claims, UNITAID has consulted with a wide range of stakeholders in the ongoing process of designing the Pool, including the patent-owning and generic pharmaceutical industries, non-governmental organisations, UN agencies, the World Trad …