What does Doctors Without Borders think of the TPP?

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Statement by MSF on the Conclusion of TPP Negotiations in Atlanta

October 05, 2015

Statement by Judit Rius Sanjuan, US Manager & Legal Policy Adviser, MSF Access Campaign:

"Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expresses its dismay that TPP countries have agreed to United States government and multinational drug company demands that will raise the price of medicines for millions by unnecessarily extending monopolies and further delaying price-lowering generic competition. The big losers in the TPP are patients and treatment providers in developing countries. Although the text has improved over the initial demands, the TPP will still go down in history as the worst trade agreement for access to medicines in developing countries, which will be forced to change their laws to incorporate abusive intellectual property protections for pharmaceutical companies.

For example, the additional monopoly protection provided for biologic drugs will be a new regime for all TPP developing countries. These countries will pay a heavy price in the decades to come that will be measured in the impact it has on patients. As the trade agreement now goes back to the national level for countries's final approval, we urge all governments to carefully consider before they sign on the dotted line whether this is the direction they want to take on access to affordable medicines and the promotion of biomedical innovation. The negative impact of the TPP on public health will be enormous, be felt for years to come, and will not be limited to the current 12 TPP countries, as it is a dangerous blueprint for future agreements."
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/statement-msf-conclusion-tpp-negotiations-atlanta

[Skittles]

1. they think it's garbage, like other thinking folk

[Sunlei]

2. MSF has press releases on their website about drug costs. mentioned are Aids medications

MSF and other humanitarian groups have helped improve the care, longterm survivability, in 3rd world countries using daily medicines.

The drug cost has always been low for charities, I remember about $1k? per year in a 3rd world country (cost met with donations, many times large donations of millions from countries like usa federal money) vs full retail costs in the USA of about 40k a year.

Personally, I think drug-Corps have always enjoyed the highest profit off USA citizens because our gov. allows the corps to do so. IMO, even the lower yearly charge to charities for 3rd world countries still gives a profit to Drug Corps.

No trade agreement will stop drug corps(owners of drug companies) price gouging Americans /w a 10,000% profit or price gouging charities /w a 1,000% profit. They charge what their market will pay.

Please go to the "Doctors without Borders" website and look under "press releases" There are several about drug prices and trade agreements. as I recall, a couple from about a year to two years ago specifically discuss drug price discounts for charities and how that is an exception from any trade treaties.