Re: [Gnu-darwin-distribution] [Ip-health] GNU-Darwin: current best recommendation

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I am not sure that pharmaceutical companies, or international patent
rules, are under anything like a democratic charter. GATT basically
imposes patent rules that are against the interests of most countries of
the world, and most WTO members, but those rules cannot be changed
democratically.

Mickey Davis
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> I want to direct everyone's attention to CPTech, which has been doing a
> fantastic job with the development agenda with respect to pharma.
> Poor countries and poor people need access to life-saving drugs too,
> and the pharmaceutical companies must be held to a moral standard.  If
> they do not behave ethically, then we will show them that they are under
> a democratic charter.
>
> It is something that I wish we had more time for at GNU-Darwin, but it
> is only one part of what I would like to see happen here.  If you have
> not had a chance to look into this, please do so.  They are doing
> excellent work.
>
> http://www.cptech.org
>
> Especially of interest are their email lists.  I recommend IP-Health
> and Random Bits.
>
> http://www.cptech.org/lists.html
>
> Regards,
> proclus
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