Thursday 21 May 2015

High Cost of Sovaldi Hepatitis C Drug Prompts a Call to Void Its Patents

 

High Cost of Sovaldi Hepatitis C Drug Prompts a Call to Void Its Patents

 

Activists in several countries are seeking to void patents on the blockbuster hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, saying that the price being sought by the manufacturer, Gilead Sciences, was prohibitive.
The Initiative for Medicines, Access and Knowledge, a legal group in New York, is expected to announce Wednesday that it has filed challenges in Argentina, Brazil, China, Russia and Ukraine. In all those countries except China, the organization is being joined by local patient advocacy groups.
The actions are a sign that the controversy over Sovaldi is spreading beyond the United States, where the $84,000 charge for a course of treatment has strained Medicaid budgets, to middle-income countries.

 read at

 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/business/high-cost-of-hepatitis-c-drug-prompts-a-call-to-void-its-patents.html?_r=1

 

 Alleppey kerala.....Alappuzha

Alappuzha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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pronunciation (help·info)), also known as Alleppey, is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha District of Kerala state of southern India. Alappuzha is the ...
 
 
 
 
 
Map of alleppey.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Table in restaurant after eating fish, Alleppey, Kerala, India, South Asia,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 PAGODA RESORTS ALLEPPEY KERALA INDIA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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