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Brazilian statement to EB 126 (Jan 2010) on public health, innovation and intellectual property
Tuesday 19 January 2010

On Monday, 18 January 2010, Brazil delivered the following statement to the 126th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) under agenda item 4.3 "public health, innovation and intellectual property". In her intervention, the delegate of Brazil stressed,

"Access to medication is a critical issue. The Global Strategy refers to the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health and states the very fact that the price of medicines is one of the factors that hinder access to treatment. Medicines cannot be treated like other products. Strategies to reduce the price of drugs must be pursued, including proposals to de-link the costs of research and development from the price of drugs."

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