ADVANCED MANUFACTURING COALITION FOR TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION December 7, 2015 The Honorable Michael Froman Office of the United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20508 Fax: (202) 395-4549 The Honorable Penny Pritzker…
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In favour of Public Libraries´ role for preservation, reproduction and access to culture
Oral Statement at World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee (sccr 31) Millions of consumers in Europe and the United States represented by TACD are in favour of the role public libraries in providing access to knowledge, research and preservation.…
“It is not healthy: Mending the broken medicines innovation model”
European Parliament (room JAN 6Q2), 2 December 2015, 13:00-15:00 We would like to invite you to the conference “It is not healthy: Mending the broken medicines innovation model” under the auspices of MEPs Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP, RO), Nessa…
EC Expert Panel proposes transparency, de-linkage and responsible licensing
EUROPEAN COMMISSION EXPERT PANEL ON EFFECTIVE WAYS OF INVESTING IN HEALTH Access to health services in the European Union http://ec.europa.eu/health/expert_panel/consultations/access_healthcare_en.htm approved this opinion for public consultation by written procedure on 25 September, 2015 Public Consultation is open until November…
Guido Rasi, executive director of European Medicines Agency in Eurpean Parliament
All diseases “rare” to evade regulation. No data on elderly polymedicaton or women specific med impacts. “There is an attempt to circumvent EMA regulations for the approval of new drugs by making every disease a rare one”, in order to…
State of play of EU Marrakesh Treaty Ratification
The false competence issue to ECJ In July the European Commission sent a legal consultation to the European Court of Justice on the issue of whether the Marrakesh Treaty should or should not be ratified under the exclusive competence…
EU pushes stronger copyright in TTIP but no exceptions in public interest
Based on intervention made for TACD at TTIP stakeholders plenary July 15th in Brussels With a clear lack of balance in its approach the EU position in the TTIP negotiations asks for more copyright protections for the renumeration of broadcasters…
TTIP and pharmaceuticals: possible side-effects
From presentation by TACD at TTIP stakeholders event on July 15th, 2015 At TACD we are afraid that while some proposals on the table are positive, others could chill future reform or lock us in old business models of biomedical…
Europolitics: WIPO Marrakesh Treaty: Long road to ratification
Campaigners hope that a year after signing, the member states blocking its ratification will back down By Mari Eccles • 25 June 2015 Few would argue about the worthiness of the Marrakesh Treaty. Signed by the EU in June 2014,…
Preservation in archives and libraries: Better dead than read?
ORAL STATEMENT ON OF COPYRIGHT REFORM FOR PRESERVATION BY LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES Is our cultural and historical heritage better dead that read? Or is the preservation of our common past a public good that is much better read than…