Health Safeguards

29 07, 2015

World Viral Hepatitis Day: Challenges and Progress in Argentina for access to treatments that cure

2015-11-04T14:06:31-03:00miércoles, 29 julio, 2015|Access to Medicines, Advocacy, Hepatitis C, Intellectual Property, Ministry of Health, Public Health|

BUENOS AIRES - On World Viral Hepatitis Day, Fundación Grupo Efecto Positivo (FGEP) held a meeting with officials from Argentina’s Ministry of Health, articulating and coordinating actions and strategies that promote access to sofosbuvir, an essential drug for Hepatitis C treatment. The need for joint action originates from the great challenge both Argentina and Latin

22 07, 2015

FGEP and the Ministry of Industry agree on agenda to jointly work for Access to Medicines

2015-11-04T13:56:27-03:00miércoles, 22 julio, 2015|Access to Medicines, Health Safeguards, Intellectual Property, Medicines, Public Health|

BUENOS AIRES  – On Tuesday July 21st members of Fundación GEP met with the head of the Ministry of Industry, Lic. Débora Giorgi, and the President of the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) Cdor. Mario Aramburu, to analize the topics of the joint agenda on access to medicines and intellectual property. Among these were reviewed the presentations

20 05, 2015

Patent opposition for Sofosbuvir requested in Argentina

2015-11-04T16:41:16-03:00miércoles, 20 mayo, 2015|Access to Medicines, Advocacy, Health Safeguards, Hepatitis C, Public Health|

Organizations of people with hepatitis C have filed an opposition for a patent that would prevent 800,000 people from having access to treatment in Argentina Fundación Grupo Efecto Positivo (FGEP) leads the opposition to pharmaceutical patents movement as a key strategy to ensure access to medicines The growing global movement to guarantee access to medicines

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