Organizational Statements, Compulsory Licensing for AIDS-related Pharmaceuticals in Africa / Tax Credit for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development

This page lists statements and information concerning the issue taken from the web sites of various organizations, trade associations, and interest groups involved in the issue. We provide both a link to the main page of the organization concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating to the issue that we found in our searches. Because we want to keep information concerning each of our cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the period of research. Below each statement is the original URL from which we retrieved the information. Note that some of these original URLs may not work because the group has updated or changed its website.

External Links to:

• ACT-UP: Philadelphia
• American Foundation for AIDS Research
• American Home Products
• American Public Health Association
• AIDS Action Council
• AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Chiron
• Consumer Project on Technology
• Doctors Without Borders
• Eventus
• Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations
• Global Health Council
• Human Rights Campaign
• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
• Merck
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
• Smith-Kline Beecham
• UNAIDS
• UNICEF

Internal Archive for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, downloaded on 11/2/01:

• GAVI Meeting of the Proto-Board, Seattle, Washington, 12-13 June 1999 (http://www.vaccinealliance.org/pdf/seattle.pdf)
• GAVI Executive Summary of First Board Meeting, UNICEF House, New York, 28 October 1999 (http://www.vaccinealliance.org/resource/ny2810.pdf)
• GAVI Third Board Meeting, Olso, Norway 13-14 June 2000 (http://www.vaccinealliance.org/pdf/3rdmtgrept.pdf)
• GAVI Executive Summary of Second Board Meeting, Davos, 31 January 2000 (http://www.vaccinealliance.org/pdf/2nd.mtg.rept.pdf)

Internal Archive for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, downloaded on 11/6/01:

• GAVI Press Release - New Global Vaccine Alliance Draws Overwhelming Interest from the Developing World, 2 March 2000 (http://www.vaccinealliance.org/press/press_release0203.html)
• GAVI Press Information; GAVI: The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (http://www.vaccinealliance.org/press/press_gavi.html)
• GAVI Immunization Focus, August 2000 (http://www.vaccinealliance.org/newsletter/aug2000/briefing.html)

Internal Archive for the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, downloaded on 11/6/01:

• AVAC 8 Years Report, "8 Years and Counting, What Will Speed Development of an AIDS Vaccine?" (http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/topics/vaccines/2098.454b.html)
• AVAC 7 Years Report, "7 Years and Counting," May 2000 (http://www.avac.org/readings/7years.pdf)

Internal Archive for the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, downloaded on 11/7/01:

• AVAC Press Release: Vaccines for a New Millennium Act: Important New Steps to Develop HIV/AIDS and Other Vaccines (http://www.avac.org/readings/Kerry%20Pelosi%20statement%20000301.pdf)
• Incentivising Research and Development on Vaccines Against the Most Deadly Infectious Diseases (http://www.avac.org/readings/Two-pager%20on%20Pre-Clinical.pdf)
• AVAC Statement Supporting Research and Development Tax Credits (http://www.avac.org/readings/Basic%20Statement%20on%20RD%20Credits.pdf)
• AVAC Press Release: AVAC Pushes for a Full Range of Incentives (http://www.avac.org/readings/press3.pdf)

Internal Archive for the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, downloaded on 11/13/01:

• AVAC Press Release: Pelosi Introduces Legislation to Fight Infectious Diseases on World TB Day (http://www.avac.org/readings/pelositax.html)

Internal Archive for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, downloaded on 11/13/01:

• IAVI Fact Sheet: Encouraging Industrial Participation in AIDS Vaccine Development (http://www.iavi.org/pdf/Encouraging%20Industrial%20Particiapation.pdf)
• IAVI Backgrounder: Intellectual Property Agreements (http://www.iavi.org/pdf/IAVIs%20Intellectual%20Property%20Agreements.pdf)
• IAVI Scientific Blueprint 2000 (http://www.iavi.org/pdf/IAVI's%20Scientific%20Blueprint%202000.pdf)
• IAVI Blueprint: Preparing Now to Assure Access (http://www.iavi.org/pdf/IAVI's%20Access%20Blueprint.pdf)

Internal Archive for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, downloaded on 11/18/01:

• April 1999-June 1999: World Bank, EC Meetings Explore Ways to Stimulate AIDS Vaccine Development (http://www.iavi.org/reports/23/apr-jun-1999-9.html)
• January 2000-March 2000: US President Gathers Leaders to Push Vaccines (http://www.iavi.org/reports/42/jan-mar-2000-3.html)
• April 2000-June 2000: Uncertain Outlook for US Vaccine Bill (http://www.iavi.org/reports/13/report_june2000_08.html)
• July 1999-August 1999: US Congresswoman Proposes Tax Credit for Vaccine Development (http://www.iavi.org/reports/55/jul-aug-1999-5.html)
• Viewpoint: Vaccine Access Issues Need Attention Now (http://www.iavi.org/reports/89/JulyAugust2000_04.html)
• Encouraging Industrial Participation in AIDS Vaccine Development (http://www.iavi.org/programs_z_industrial.html)
• AIDS Vaccines for All: Encouraging Global Access (http://www.iavi.org/programs_z_global.html)
• Presidential Council on AIDS Prioritizes Accelerated Vaccine Development; Calls for Expanded R&D Tax Credits and New Funding for IAVI (http://www.iavi.org/highlights/57/pacha_highlight_4.htm)
• US President Signs Africa AIDS Bill (http://www.iavi.org/highlights/52/clinton1.htm)
• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Endorses Kerry Bill (http://www.iavi.org/press/28/events_z_press_archives_18.html)
• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Applauds Clinton Initiative (http://www.iavi.org/press/12/events_z_press_archives_02.html)
• IAVI Applauds Historic UN Security Council Session on AIDS in Africa; Calls upon World Leaders to Finance Accelerated Vaccine Development (http://www.iavi.org/press/13/events_z_press_archives_03.html)

Internal Archive for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, downloaded on 11/19/01:

• Economics of AIDS Vaccines (http://www.iavi.org/globalmobil_z_economics.html)
• Accelerating an AIDS Vaccine for Developing Countries: Recommendations for the World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org/aids-econ/vacc/accelerateb.pdf)
• Public Policy Initiatives to Accelerate the Global Search for an Effective AIDS Vaccine (http://www.iavi.org/globalmobil_z_economics_3-4-1.html)

Internal Archive for the Doctors Without Borders, downloaded on 11/13/01:

• DWB Press Release: Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres Statement on New UNAIDS Proposal and Clinton's Executive Order on Access to
• DWB Press Release: MSF Calls for Rapid Action on Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/pr093.htm)
• DWB Press Release: WHO's "Massive Effort" is not Aggressive Enough (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/pr103.htm)
• HIV/AIDS Medecines (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/pr081.htm)

Internal Archive for the Doctors Without Borders, downloaded on 11/14/01:

• DWB Press Release: Doctors Without Borders Calls on the Clinton Administration to Actively Support Thailand Efforts to Produce Affordable Anti-HIV Drugs (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/pr063.htm)
• DWB Press Release: One World, One Price Means Death for People with AIDS in Poor Countries (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/pr071.htm)

Internal Archive for the Doctors Without Borders, downloaded on 8/8/01:

• Global Health and Humanitarianism (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/speeches/2000/jt_global.shtml)
• Speech to the Global Health Council, HHS Consultations, Washington, DC, 04/25/00 (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/reports/global2.htm)
• New Agreement on Patents for Medicines in Francophone Africa Threatens Health of Populations (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/pr080.htm)
• Challenges to the Health of Children in the 21st Century (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/speeches/2000/jo_children.shtml)
• New Study Shows East Africans Pay More than Europeans for Life-Saving Drugs (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/pr087.htm)
• Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Calls for Replication and Expansion of Successful Efforts to Reduce AIDS Drug Prices (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/pr092.htm)
• European Commission Looks at Link between Patents and Prices of Life-Saving Drugs in Poor Countries (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/pr102.htm)
• World AIDS Day Teleconference Transcript November 28, 2000 (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/wad2000_transcript.htm)

Internal Archive for the UNAIDS, downloaded on 11/17/01:

• Contact Group on Accelerating Access to HIV/AIDS-Related Care (http://www.unaids.org/acc%5Faccess/acc%5Fcare%5Fsupport/cg2mtgreporte.doc)
• Statement of UN AIDS at the Third WTO Ministerial Conference, Seattle, Washington, 30 November 1999 - 3 December 1999 (http://www.unaids.org/publications/documents/health/access/wtostatement.doc)
• XIth International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa, 12-16 September 1999 (http://www.unaids.org/whatsnew/speeches/eng/lusaka99.html)
• Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic; Care and Support for People Living with AIDS (http://www.unaids.org/epidemic%5Fupdate/report/epi%5Freport%5Fchap%5Fcare.htm)

Internal Archive for the UNAIDS, downloaded on 11/19/01:

• Statement of Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of UN AIDS, on the occasion of the Security Council meeting on HIV/AIDS in Africa (http://www.unaids.org/whatsnew/speeches/eng/ny100100.html)
• Patent Situation of HIV/AIDS-Related Drugs in 80 Countries, Geneva, January 2000 (http://www.unaids.org/publications/documents/health/access/patsit.doc)
• Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, June 2000 (http://www.unaids.org/epidemic%5Fupdate/report/epi%5Freport.pdf)
• Report of the First Meeting of the Contact Group on Accelerating Access to HIV/AIDS-Related Care, Geneva, 29 September 2000 (http://www.unaids.org/acc%5Faccess/acc%5Fcare%5Fsupport/cg1mtgreporte.doc)

Internal Archive for the AIDS Action Council, downloaded on 11/19/01:

• Silence = $ (http://www.aidsaction.org/press99/silencedz.html)
• AIDS Action: Excessive Marketing Fuels High Drug Prices (http://www.aidsaction.org/press99/silence.html)
• AIDS Action Praises UN, Gore in Fight on Global Epidemic (http://www.aidsaction.org/press2000/global.html)
• Africans with HIV/AIDS Forgotten in Trade Bill (http://www.aidsaction.org/press2000/trade.html)
• AIDS Action: White House Gets It (http://www.aidsaction.org/press2000/executive.html)

Internal Archive for UNICEF, downloaded on 11/27/01:

• Executive Speeches: GAVI Children's Challenge (http://www.unicef.org/exspeeches/00esp01.htm)
• In a Single Generation (http://www.unicef.org/sowc00/sowc00_36_51.pdf)
• Information Newsline: The State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization (http://www.unicef.org/newsline/vpressr.htm)

Internal Archive for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, downloaded on 11/28/01:

• Vaccine Preventable Disease (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/globalhealth/vaccinePD.htm)

Internal Archive for the American Foundation for AIDS Research, downloaded on 11/28/01:

• Public Policy (http://www.amfar.org/pages/prog04a.html)
• Programs: Report Calls for Science-Based Efforts to Prevent HIV's Spread (http://www.amfar.org/pages/prog05c.html)
• Gotta Have HAART? Durban Debates the Global Standard of Care (http://199.105.91.6/treatment/mainframe.asp?searchpage=ButtonFrame.asp&GoToPage=Home.asp)
• South Africa Vacillates as the Epidemic Rages: Campaign for Better Treatment Access (http://199.105.91.6/treatment/mainframe.asp?searchpage=ButtonFrame.asp&GoToPage=Home.asp)
• Facing the South African Challenge: Making the Best Use of Meager Resources (http://199.105.91.6/treatment/mainframe.asp?searchpage=ButtonFrame.asp&GoToPage=Home.asp)

Internal Archive for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, downloaded on 11/28/01:

• AIDS and Health Care in Africa (http://www.phrma.org/publications/backgrounders/world/aidsinafrica.phtml)
• Publications (Pharmaceutical Industry Profile 2000, Chapter 3): Regulatory and Legal Aspects of Drug Development (http://www.phrma.org/publications/publications/profile00/chap3.phtml)
• PhRMA Support for Biomedical Research (http://www.phrma.org/publications/publications/annual1999/build/b1.phtml)
• Backgrounders and Facts: The Pharmaceutical Industry's R&D Investment (http://www.phrma.org/publications/backgrounders/development/invest.phtml)
• Publications (Pharmaceutical Industry Profile 2000, Chapter 7): The Global Perspective (http://www.phrma.org/publications/publications/profile00/chap7.phtml)
• Publications (Pharmaceutical Industry Profile 200, Chapter 8): Global Intellectual Property Protection (http://www.phrma.org/publications/publications/profile00/chap8.phtml)
• Publications (Pharmaceutical Industry Profile 2000): Executive Summary (http://www.phrma.org/publications/publications/profile00/execsum.phtml)

Internal Archive for Merck, downloaded on 11/28/01:

• Executive Summary: Raymond V. Gilmartin, Committee for Economic Development, 10/16/00 (http://www.merck.com/overview/speech/101600.htm)

Internal Archive for American Home Products, downloaded on 11/29/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for Smith-Kline Beecham, downloaded on 11/29/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for Eventus, downloaded on 11/29/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Consumer Project on Technology, downloaded on 12/1/01:

• Letter to Senators Frist and Feingold (http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/aids/frist-feb24-2000.html)
• New Hope in AIDS Fight (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_745000/745185.stm)
• UN Welcomes AIDS Drug Deal (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_744000/744759.stm)
• About Face on Africa AIDS Drugs (http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36254,00.html)
• Position of the South African Government on Access to Pharmaceuticals (http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?doc=3098.0711#sadoh)
• Letter from CIPLA to GlaxoWellcome: Intellectual Property Rights on Lamivudine and Zidovudine (http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/aids/ciplaglaxo12192000.html)
• Letter from CIPLA to Pfizer: Intellectual Property Rights on Fluconazole (http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/aids/ciplapfizer12192000.html)
• Letter from CIPLA to Bristol-Myers Squbb: Intellectual Property Rights on Stavudine and Didanosine (http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/aids/ciplabms12192000.html)
• Letter from CIPLA to Boehringer Ingelheim: Intellectual Property Rights on Nevirapine (http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/aids/ciplaboehringer12192000.html)
• Comparative Prices of ARV Drugs Public and Private Sector (http://dcc2.bumc.bu.edu/richardl/ARV_Drug_Prices/AIDS_Drug_Prices.htm)

Internal Archive for the ACT-UP: Philadelphia, downloaded on 12/1/01:

• Fight AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa! (http://www.critpath.org/actup/project3.html)

Internal Archive for the Global Health Council, downloaded on 12/6/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Public Health Association, downloaded on 12/6/01:

• APHA Supports Vaccine Tax Credit… (http://www.apha.org/private/tnhoctstories/aphawrapup.htm)
• APHA Public Health Policy Initiatives in President's FY 2001 Budget Proposal (http://www.apha.org/legislative/budget2001.htm)
• United States Focusing More Attention on Global AIDS Threat (http://www.apha.org/journal/nation/aidsexclus.htm)

Internal Archive for the Human Rights Campaign, downloaded on 12/6/01:

• Vice President Gore and AIDS
  
• HRC's Letter to Vice President Al Gore
  
• HRC's Letter to Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.
  

Internal Archive for Chiron, downloaded on 12/6/01:

• No documents found