India Cancer Patients Seek To Use Courts For Access To Patented Drugs

Posted on April 7th, 2008 by admin

By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch One of the most vocal voices for the interests of cancer patients in India says it will use the courts to force the Indian government to declare cancer a national emergency, in an attempt to make cancer drugs affordable to sufferers. The Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) wants [...]

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