Doctors Without Borders raises the alarm about drug prices under the TPP provisions

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23. It appears they are trying to kick generic drugs out of the markets in other countries.

From MSF:

"For pharmaceuticals and other health commodities, stronger IP regimes mean extended patent monopolies and delayed generic competition, and that translates into higher prices for people who need medicines. In developing countries, where people rarely have health insurance and must pay for medicines out of pocket, high prices keep lifesaving medicines out of reach and are often a matter of life and death.

Billed as a model agreement not just for countries in the Asia-Pacific region, but the world over, the TPP is on track to set a damaging precedent with serious implications for many developing countries where MSF works, and beyond. Governments have a responsibility to ensure that public health interests are not trampled by commercial interests, and must resist pressures to erode hard-fought legal safeguards for public health that represent a lifeline for people in developing countries. MSF urges the U.S. government to withdraw—and all other TPP negotiating governments to reject—provisions that will harm access to medicines."

http://www.msfaccess.org/spotlight-on/trans-pacific-partnership-agreement