House of Paine

cafta drug ring rig

   the lobby occupied knogress
  gives big pharma 
a   sweet ass deal 
             in meso amerika pact 


" pay full price u peons "


this all got 
quietly slipped 
into the cafta draft 

 protections for big pharma

amerika's wealthiest lobby 

why?



wash post sez :

"Like movies and software, 
pharmaceuticals require a lot 
of time,   and money  to develop,
 yet they are fairly simple to replicate..... 

The industry association estimates 
that intellectual property infringement 
in 21 countries costs its members $7 billion a year......

One of the most contentious provisions in cafta
 is a requirement that gives brand-name manufacturers 
market exclusivity
 for five years after a drug 
is registered in the countries,
 even if the 20-year patent has expired "


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brazil case in point 

wash post:


"The Brazilian government
 currently buys Kaletra 
or about 180,000 citizens with AIDS.
 Abbott Laboratories charges Brazil $2,500 
a patient annually.

 That represents a special price break 
from the company,
which charges $6,000 to $7,000 
for the drug in other developed countries, 
according to figures 
supplied by the company. 
Despite the special deal 
his government is getting,
 Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 
wants the drug cheaper. 

If President Lula goes through
 with his threat,
 he would invoke rarely used 
"compulsory licensing" provisions 
of a 1994 World Trade Organization agreement
 on intellectual property.

 The agreement forced countries
to adopt American-style patent rules
 for pharmaceuticals,
 but allowed flexibility 
in cases of overriding public health issues
 by giving countries the right to order
 compulsory licenses."



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 Pharma's game plan pie ass simple

 
don't let one of those
   third rate countries 
try getting away with 
          making their own drugs