6-19 | Affordable generic versions from China could save millions of people’s lives Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today filed a legal patent challenge at China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), requesting the invalidation of the patent granted to US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences for the oral hepatitis C medicine velpatasvir.
6-19 | Affordable generic versions from China could save millions of people’s lives Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today filed a legal patent challenge at China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), requesting the invalidation of the patent granted to US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences for the oral hepatitis C medicine velpatasvir.
6-19 | Affordable generic versions from China could save millions of people’s lives Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today filed a legal patent challenge at China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), requesting the invalidation of the patent granted to US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences for the oral hepatitis C medicine velpatasvir.
3-28 | by Joanne Liu (the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières.) and Paual Farmer (The co-founder of Partners in Health, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.) Though TB can strike anyone, it disproportionately afflicts marginalized and vulnerable populations in places like refugee camps, slums, and prisons.
3-23 | Despite being curable, the world is losing the battle against tuberculosis (TB). The road ahead is rife with challenges, from diagnosis to treatment, for patients and treatment providers alike. In this Q&A, Dr. Francis Varaine, leader of the MSF working group on Tuberculosis, explains MSF’s priorities over the next ten years. Where are we in the fight against TB? We’re not exactly winning.
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