[lbo-talk] Doctors Without Borders Petition on Access To Affordable Medicines

[Ira Glazer]

India produces affordable medicines that are vital to many people living 
in developing countries. Over half the medicines currently used for AIDS 
treatment in developing countries come from India and such medicines are 
used to treat over 80% of the 80,000 AIDS patients in Médecins Sans 
Frontières projects.

India's law contains elements that help put people before patents, but 
Novartis is taking the Indian government to court to force a change in 
the law.

If Novartis is successful in its challenge against the Indian government 
and its patent law, more medicines are likely to be patented in India, 
making it very difficult for generic producers to make affordable 
versions of them. This could affect millions of people around the world 
who depend on medicines produced in India.

Tell Novartis it has no business standing in the way of people's right 
to access the medicines they need. Sign on and urge Novartis to DROP THE 
CASE against the Indian government.

http://www.msf.org/petition_india/international.html