WTO/WHO Meeting on Differential Pricing & Financing of Essential Drugs, April 8-11, Hosbjor

• CPT Documents
  • April 11, 2001. Consumer Project on Technology, Health Action International, Médecins sans Frontières, Oxfam and TreatmentAction Group. Joint Statement on the WTO / WHO Meeting on Differential Pricing & Financing of Essential Drugs.
  • April 11, 2001. James Love. Presentation at the WHO/WTO Joint Secretariat Workshop on Differential Pricing and Financing of Essential Drugs.
  • April 8, 2001. Various Norway Talking Points.
  • April 8, 2001. Note on Ramsey Pricing.

• WTO/WHO Documents

  • April 11, 2001. Gro Harlem Brundtland. Closing remarks.
  • April 11, 2001. WTO/WHO Pres release. Experts: Affordable Medicines for Poor Countries are Feasible.
  • March 15, 2001. WTO/WHO Press release. WHO, WTO Secretariats to hold workshop on affordable drugs.
  • WTO page on the meeting. Includes 2 background papers (in pdf format) prepared by the WTO and the WHO before the meeting:
    • More equitable pricing for essential drugs: what do we mean and what are the issues? Prepared by the WHO Secretariat.
    • Workshop on Differential Pricing and financing of Essential Drugs. Prepared forthe WTO Secretariat by Jayashree Watal.
• Other Documents

  • Bill Haddad's speech to the Conference. Back to the Future.

• News Stories

  • April 9, 2001. World Bank News Roundup. Cheap Drugs for Poor Countries.
  • April 9, 2001. Frances Williams in the Financial Times. Problems of cheap drugs for poor countries.
  • April 8, 2001. Rolleiv Solholm in the Norway Post. Surprise WHO Summit Starts in Norway on Sunday.
  • April 8, 2001. Claire Doole for the BBC. Experts discuss affordable medicine.
  • April 7, 2001. Charlotte Denny in the Guardian. Cheap Drugs for Poor Countries.