EU member states urged to support the Dutch Presidency’s vision on access to affordable medicines

20 April 2016

20 civil society associations are urging European Union member states to support the Dutch EU Presidency’s vision on access to affordable medicines. The call for backing comes as Health Ministers meet in Amsterdam this week, according to posting on the website of the European Public Health Alliance.

The joint statement by groups such as the EPHA, BUKO Pharma-Kampagne, Health Action International, Médecins Sans Frontières - Access Campaign and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines – Europe, to name just a few, states the following:

“We strongly support the Dutch European Union (EU) Presidency’s critique of the current over-protection and misuse of intellectual property and related rights for pharmaceuticals, and its goal to better balance the reward for innovation against the assurance of affordability of medicines.

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