bobbyw24
10-24-2011, 10:45 AM
Consumer advocates lambasted the White House this weekend after reviewing leaked trade negotiation documents they say show that a pending regional deal is more generous to drug companies than free trade agreements passed under George W. Bush.
The U.S. is in the ninth round of negotiations relating to the Trans Pacific Partnership with eight Asian and Latin American countries. Consumer advocates say Obama administration trade negotiators appear willing to give brand-name drugs stronger patent protections and pricing power than a 2007 bilateral trade deal with Peru.
"The leaked text confirms the worst fears of health officials," said James Love of the nonprofit Knowledge Ecology International. "Obama is now objectively much worse than Bush on these issues."
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/medical-devices-and-prescription-drug-policy-/189347-consumer-groups-say-obama-trade-talks-more-generous-to-phrma-than-bushs
The U.S. is in the ninth round of negotiations relating to the Trans Pacific Partnership with eight Asian and Latin American countries. Consumer advocates say Obama administration trade negotiators appear willing to give brand-name drugs stronger patent protections and pricing power than a 2007 bilateral trade deal with Peru.
"The leaked text confirms the worst fears of health officials," said James Love of the nonprofit Knowledge Ecology International. "Obama is now objectively much worse than Bush on these issues."
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/medical-devices-and-prescription-drug-policy-/189347-consumer-groups-say-obama-trade-talks-more-generous-to-phrma-than-bushs