Countries must fix critical access to medicines flaws in Trans-Pacific Trade Pact, says MSF

As negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) restart in Lima, Peru, tomorrow (May 15), countries must prioritize fixing critical flaws in the agreement that could leave millions of people in developing countries with limited access to affordable generic medicines, international medical humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said today.

“Substantive discussions on access to medicines have languished for more than a year, with negotiating countries and many other groups, including MSF, voicing concerns about the damaging impacts of the proposed rules,” said Judit Rius Sanjuan, US manager of the MSF Access Campaign, adding: “The Lima round offers a key opportunity for TPP negotiators to remove harmful provisions from this trade agreement before it’s too late.”

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