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<div>Here is an update on the issue of Novartis and its efforts at getting patent on Gleevac. </div>
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<div>This needs international attention.  PHM-Global support is sought on this important issue. <span> </span></div></blockquote>
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<div><span>Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (PHM-India) and All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) have backed a call for a boycot of Novartis products. </span></div>
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<div>For more info:</div>
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<div><a href="http://hesperian.typepad.com/weblog/2009/12/health-activist-dr-gopal-dabade-recently-came-to-berkeley-to-speak-on-the-ongoing-struggle-against-swiss-pharmaceutical-comp.html" target="_blank">http://<span name="st">hesperian</span>.typepad.com/weblog/2009/12/health-activist-dr-gopal-dabade-recently-came-to-berkeley-to-speak-on-the-ongoing-struggle-against-swiss-pharmaceutical-comp.html</a><br clear="all">
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<div>    <a href="http://novartisboycott.org/petition" target="_blank">http://novartisboycott.org/petition</a><br><br><br></div>