Re TPP : CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!1!!!1!!

[Sunlei]

15. I have followed TPP about the RX drug prices part through Doctors without borders.

here's what they said about the drug part of the partnership and the issues. Looks to me like the rx drug lobby wants to charge as much as they can for drugs and keep out cheap generics.

For example the cost in some 3rd world countries is about $100 a year to treat aids, vs $2500 a year- only a couple years ago before the cheaper generics started freely being sold.

looks to me like the rx drug lobby want to bring back huge profits from humanitarian efforts for health treatment.

MSF Urges Countries Not to Trade Away Health as Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Negotiations Intensify

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/press/release.cfm?id=7028&cat=press-release

note- "While the data is locked up, competitors with affordable versions of drugs in the pipeline would be forced to repeat clinical trials in order to get them approved—a costly step that is also unethical, as safety and efficacy has already been established by the originator company. The World Health Organization and other UN agencies have warned countries against implementing data exclusivity because of its harmful effects on access to medicines. Furthermore, a twelve-year demand would be at odds with the Obama administration’s own domestic proposal, which would shorten data exclusivity on biologics in the U.S. to seven years"

I hope President Obama doesn't let the rx drug lobby get away with this price gouging and blocking of cheap generics. It's not right! but it seems like a bunch of countries are involved, including the usa.