EURO-ELSAV

Intellectual property rights and access to medicines

Consumer project on technology: This is a consumer rights group in the US that is actively involved in exploring issues related to intellectual property rights and access to medicines.
Medicines sans frontieres: This is the web-page of this Nobel Peace Prize winning organization on essential medicines and access to treatments
Health Action International: HAI is a non-profit, global network of health, development, consumer and other public interest groups in more than 70 countries working for a more rational use of medicinal drugs. HAI represents the interests of consumers in drug policy and believes that all drugs marketed should be acceptably safe, effective, affordable and meet real medical needs.
November Amsterdam Conference: An important conference in Amsterdam in November 1999 preparing for the WTO meeting in Seattle. Contains links to many of the papers presented at this conference.
Backround document on the WTO agreement and access to medicines: The aim of this document is to inform people in the health sector with no particular legal background about the impact of globalization on access to drugs, and especially about the WTO agreement on intellectual property (TRIPS Agreement) that may have repercussions in the pharmaceutical field.