As U.S. aims to close deal, countries should reject damaging provisions that will block access to affordable medicines
Maui/New York - Trade negotiators must remove damaging access to medicines provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal or risk locking in high drug prices and endangering the health of millions of people for decades to come, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as negotiations resumed in Maui, Hawaii, today. MSF's call comes as reports indicate that this could be the last negotiation before the agreement is concluded.
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