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Learn about the major barriers to access to drugs, tests and vaccines that MSF is trying to break down.
Overcoming Barriers to Access
Our objective is to lower the cost of medicines, vaccines and tests through competition, to ensure patents are not a barrier to access and to push back against harmful trade deals or entrenched industry interests.
12. March 2012
INDIA
India Issues First Compulsory Licence
In a landmark case, the Indian Patent Office has issued the first-ever compulsory licence in India to a generic drug manufacturer ending pharmaceutical company Bayer’s monopoly in India on a drug used to treat kidney and liver cancer.
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Access Barriers: The Issues
Access Barriers: The Issues
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UN Rapporteur supports MSF's "Hands Off" Campaign
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MSF & Patents
MSF & Patents
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MSF created the Access Campaign to help get our patients the best possible treatment which includes looking at the political and commercial barriers that stand in the way of access to affordable medicine.
Overcoming Barriers to Access Facts
26 million children – roughly one in five born each year – remained un-immunised globally
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