Issue
Drug prices are kept prohibitively high by intellectual property laws and commitments made by countries to develop national action plans to tackle anti-microbial resistance are not being met.
How we are helping
Supporting Third World Network's project to engage decision makers in order to: improve responses to anti-microbial resistance; and improve access to affordable medicines by better understanding intellectual property provisions for medicines in India and Malaysia.
About the project
Third World Network (TWN) is advancing the formulation and implementation of national AMR policies and plans by engaging with policy makers, parliamentarians, civil servants and generic drug manufacturers to discuss challenges and propose solutions that promote access to affordable medicines at national level. The project is also raising awareness among the general public of the impact of Intellectual Property (IP) regimes on access to affordable medicines and AMR, and carrying out research in relation to the IP provisions and their impact on access to medicines in India and Malaysia.
By the end of the project greater awareness on the links between IP regimes and access to affordable medicines in India and Malaysia would have been generated. It is hoped that research produced and constructive engagement with decision makers carried out during the project will influence government decisions in relations to legislation, policies and trade agreements, resulting in greater access to affordable medicines in target countries.
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