PHA-Exch> Gates role in Governing Global Health (2)

[Claudio Schuftan]

FROM David Legge <D.Legge at latrobe.edu.au> wrote:
>
>  Is it just a coincidence that Gates gives buckets to support access to
> essential medicines in developing countries?
>
>  It is clear that by supporting the Global Fund so generously, Gates is
> reducing the pressure for intellectual property (IP) reform arising from the
> damage done by Big Pharma to the perceived legitimacy of the current global
> IP regime through its position on access to essential medicines.
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>  Clearly Microsoft, like Big Pharma, has a powerful interest in tight
> intellectual property laws (including TRIPS / TRIPS +).  Is it just
> coincidence that Gates support of the Global Fund takes off some of the
> pressure for reform of the global IP regime at this time?
>
>
>
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