Healthy Skepticism Library item: 17137

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Publication type: Journal Article

Drug development for neglected diseases: pharma's influence
The Lancet 2010 Jan 2; 375:(9708):2
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)62123-1/fulltext

Abstract:

The pharmaceutical industry’s latest attempt to sabotage the work of the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property-commonly referred to as IGWG-reached a new low last week when the non-governmental organisation, Intellectual Property Watch, noticed two privileged IGWG draft documents and an analysis of the drafts by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) on Wikileaks, a website that anonymously publis …