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WATCH: ITPC’s @S0langeBaptiste addresses the UN HIV High-Level Meeting plenary, New York, 23 June 2026.
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📣Understanding the Digital Health Landscape and Opportunities for CLM Integration: Malawi Case Study
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Have your say on the future of global health. 🌍
Civil society voices are needed to help inform the WHO-hosted Joint Task Force on Global Health Architecture Reform.
✅ 10–15 minutes
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Have your say on the future of global health. 🌍
Civil society voices are needed to help inform the WHO-hosted Joint Task Force on Global Health Architecture Reform.
✅ 10–15 minutes
✅ Anonymous responses welcome
📅 Respond by 19 October.
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NO STILL MEANS NO.
In 2013 and 2014, Thai communities said no to EU demands for longer medicine monopolies. More than a decade later, the same demands are back on the table in Phuket. 1/3
#DropTRIPSplus #AccessToMedicines #MakeMedicinesAffordable
Data exclusivity. Patent term extensions. Procurement limits. Tougher enforcement. A 2025 Thai government study: EU IP proposals could delay generics by up to 11 years and cost Thailand US$111.5 billion over 30 years. 2/3
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@Trade_EU @EU_Commission
Round 10 ends today. The deal still needs European Parliament consent. @ITPCGlobal stands with Thai civil society: EU, drop your TRIPS-plus demands.
MEPs, where do you stand? 3/3
@berndlange @kvanbrempt @JarubasAdam @MetzTilly @EP_PublicHealth @OMellouk
Russian attacks on Sept 3 & 8, 2026, damaged Make Medicines Affordable (MMA) partner 100% LIFE’s medical center in Kyiv & struck a pharmaceutical logistics complex. No staff members or patients were injured in the attack.
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DON'T SEIZE OUR MEDICINES! EU, stop blocking legitimate generics!
Broad border measures in the Thailand–EU FTA would let customs seize generics in transit, as EU seizures of Indian generics bound for Latin America & Africa showed.
1/3
#DropTRIPSplus #AccessToMedicines
TRIPS-plus enforcement also chills generic makers: lawsuits, criminal prosecution & higher penalties deter them from entering markets, even with legitimate products.
Fewer makers, weaker competition, fewer affordable options.
2/3
@Trade_EU @MarosSefcovic @EU_Commission
Make Medicines Affordable campaign stands with Thai civil society: EU, drop your TRIPS-plus demands to Thailand in this FTA round!
3/3
@berndlange @kvanbrempt @JarubasAdam @MetzTilly @EP_PublicHealth @eucopresident @EUCouncil
#MakeMedicinesAffordable
COVID-19 killed more than 15 million people and taught us an important lesson: countries need the local capacity to produce medicines.
The EU must not use government procurement rules in the Thailand–EU FTA to restrict Thailand’s ability to manufacture affordable medicines.
1/3
“Government procurement is not only about encouraging fair competition but also about supporting public health, medicine security & domestic pharmaceutical capacity,” @jockeykit, @TNP_plus
Less procurement flexibility leads to less medicines supply security.
2/3
@Trade_EU
Make Medicines Affordable campaign stands with Thai civil society and their message to the EU: drop all TRIPS-plus demands!
3/3
@berndlange @kvanbrempt @JarubasAdam @MetzTilly @EP_PublicHealth @eucopresident @EUCouncil @EU_Commission
Pharma companies already get a 20-year patent monopoly.
In the Thailand-EU FTA, the EU wants more: supplementary protection certificates that extend monopolies, keep prices high, and delay affordable generics.
#DropTRIPSplus #AccessToMedicines
A 2025 study by Thailand's FDA & National Health Commission Office est EU IP proposals could delay generic competition by up to 11 years & add US$23.2 billion to medicine spending over 20 years.
Every extra day of monopoly can cost lives.
@Trade_EU @MarosSefcovic @EU_Commission
Make Medicines Affordable campaign stands with Thai communities protesting in Phuket: EU, no extra monopoly years on medicines.
MEPs, where do you stand?
@berndlange @kvanbrempt @JarubasAdam @MetzTilly @EP_PublicHealth @eucopresident @EUCouncil
#MakeMedicinesAffordable
Secret data. Deadly monopoly.
In the Thailand–EU FTA, the EU is pushing data exclusivity: rules that bar regulators from using clinical data to approve cheaper generic versions, handing every new medicine an automatic monopoly. 1/3
#DropTRIPSplus #AccessToMedicines
A 2025 study by Thailand's FDA and National Health Commission Office: the EU's demands could delay generics by up to 11 years and add US$23.2bn to medicine spending over 20 years.
Brussels is debating scrapping these rules at home. 2/3
@Trade_EU @MarosSefcovic @EU_Commission
Make Medicines Affordable stands with Thai civil society: EU, drop data exclusivity from the Thailand–EU FTA.
MEPs — where do you stand? 3/3
@berndlange @kvanbrempt @JarubasAdam @MetzTilly @EP_PublicHealth
#MakeMedicinesAffordable