From the Against Monopoly blog:
Killing people with patents
Michele and I have long pointed out the human cost of pharmaceutical patents during the AIDS crisis in Africa (and were hardly the first to do so). Via Andy Neumeyer a new film documenting just how bad it was. Trailer here[Posted at 05/16/2015 12:18 AM by David K. Levine on Pharmaceutical Patents comments(0)]
See also:
- Over Two Dozen Patent/FDA-caused Drug Shortage Patients File Suit Against HHS
- Intellectual Property Rights: A Critical History and US IP Imperialism
- HuffPo: Patent Trolls Are Killing People — Literally
- Patents Threaten To Silence A Little Girl, Literally
- Patents Kill: Millions Die in Africa After Big Pharma Blocks Imports of Generic AIDS Drugs
- Update: Patents Kill: Compulsory Licenses and Genzyme’s Life Saving Drug
- Patents Kill: Compulsory Licenses and Genzyme’s Life Saving Drug
- Wenzel on patents in developing countries
- Copyright Kills “Men at Work” Flautist, Greg Ham
- FDA and USPTO: Joint Killers
- Update: Trademark/copyright: Wildwood to Atlantic City – Stop ‘watch the tram car’ please/
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