Towards the establishment of a global patent pool for the simple and cost-effective handling of licensing agreements, based at the WHO.

We, the undersigned, demand from our governments policies that treat pharmaceuticals as global public goods and limit the power of pharmaceutical companies in the public interest; a policy that is geared to the health needs of the people. 



Proposals have been on the table for years. The framework for this fundamental policy change would be the immediate introduction of an international treaty to be negotiated by the World Health Organization, in which governments commit themselves to the obligatory, coordinated research and development of new essential medicines, diagnostics and vaccines.

Because this fundamental change of direction has yet to be achieved politically, the following measures must be taken immediately:

  • The establishment of a global patent pool for the simple and cost-effective handling of licensing agreements, based at the WHO.
  • The improvement of data and price transparency in research, development and sales in order to make knowledge widely available and prices fair.
  • Socially responsible licensing in all publicly funded medical research and development projects. 
  • The promotion of local and public pharmaceutical production by supporting countries of the South in building up their own production capacities, e.g. through technology transfer and start-up financing and the creation of efficient regional distribution systems for medicines and medical products.
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Organizations

Afghan Human Rights and Democracy Organisation (AHRDO), Afghanistan
Asociación Coordinadora Comunitaria de Servicios para la Salud (ACCSS), Guatemala
Asociación de Promotores Comunales Salvadoreños (APROCSAL), El Salvador
Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (Abrasco), Brazil
Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS (ABIA), Brazil
Attac Deutschland, Germany
Centre for Research and Education in Public Health, Health Policy and Primary Health Care, Greece
Community Working Group on Health (CWGH), Zimbabwe
Conselho Nacional de Saúde (CNS), Brazil
Dawar for Arts and Development, Egypt
Edhi Foundation, Pakistan
El Nadim Center against violence and torture, Egypt
Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial (ECAP), Guatemala
Foro Nacional de Salud (FNS), El Salvador
Gauteng Community Health Care Forum, South Africa
Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie & Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP) e.V., Germany
Gonoshathya Kendra (GK), Bangladesh
Grupo de Trabalho em Propriedade Intelectual, Brazil
HAUKARI – Association for International Cooperation e.V., Germany
Health Action International (HAI)
Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS), Pakistan
Health GAP International
Home Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF), Pakistan
IDEP Foundation, Indonesia
IFARMA Foundation, Colombia
Kamukunji Paralegal Trust (KAPLET), Kenya
Khanya College, South Africa
Kurdish Red Crescent, North East Syria
Medicina Democratica, Movimento di lotta per la salute, Italy
MISEREOR – the German Catholic Bishops’ Organisation for Development Cooperation
Movimento dos Sem Terra (MST), Brazil
Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST), Brazil
National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF), Bangladesh
National Trade Union Federation (NTUF), Pakistan
Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD), Sierra Leone
Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development (NAPAD), Somalia
Ecology Association "Ekoloji Derneği", South East Turkey
Physicians for Human Rights–Israel
People's Health Movement (PHM), Kenya
Popol Na, Nicaragua
Salud por Derecho, Spain
Sinani, South Africa
SODECA, Kenya
Verein Demokratischer Ärztinnen und Ärzte (VDÄÄ), Germany
Verein demokratischer Pharmazeutinnen und Pharmazeuten, Germany
Viva Salud, Belgium
World Vision Deutschland e.V., Germany


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