Press Release – Doctors for Healthy Trade Doctors have responded angrily to statements from the Prime Minister that last weekends protesters were misinformed and rent-a-crowd. Doctors, other health professionals, and their families braved the weather and turned out across the country to protest …
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Press Release – Doctors for Healthy Trade The TPPA needs a health check-up. We need to see the test results so we know that it wont let pharmaceutical companies stretch our patent laws to make future medicines more expensive said Dr Josh Freeman, Infectious disease specialist, of Doctors …
Doctors join the 100,000 petitioners on the TPPA Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell Even in this dark hour for the TPP, the secrecy farce continues. On RNZ this morning, Trade Minister Tim Groser said he looks forward to the day when he can take the covers off , and show New Zealand what a good deal weve won. Oh, good grief. What is …
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Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists A legal challenge to the secrecy of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations will be launched in the High Court next week.
Secrecy of TPPA documents heads to court Read More »
Press Release – ASMS Thank you for the opportunity to address you again. As always my comments are personal observations, although in broad terms at least I believe they are consistent with the Associations view on the matters discussed. In this address I would like to …
Achieving Patient-Centred Care Or Floccinaucinihipilfication Read More »
Press Release – Walters PR The Multiple Sclerosis Society of New Zealand (MSNZ) is extremely concerned by the potential implications of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement for people with multiple sclerosis.
TPPA implications for PHARMAC raise serious concerns Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell So, on the eve of the last round of talks meant to finalise the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, Prime Minister John Key has conceded that yes New Zealand will probably have to pay more for medicines under the TPP .
Gordon Campbell on the PM’s TPP concessions on medicines Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party The Government must be more transparent around the draft investor state dispute settlements in the TPPA, says David Parker, Labours Export Growth and Trade spokesperson.
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Press Release – Wikileaks WikiLeaks releases today the “Investment Chapter” from the secret negotiations of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement. The document adds to the previous WikiLeaks publications of the chapters for Intellectual Property Rights (November …
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Column – Gordon Campbell The sole upside for the government in its release of a three month old threat to contaminate infant formula is that the story knocked Winston Peters off the front pages. In case that sounds like a conspiracy theory, the government was in a no win …
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Column – Gordon Campbell Incredibly, Winston Peters is back at centre stage of New Zealand politics, and in the role he likes best as the virtuous underdog, fighting the forces of entrenched political patronage in the Northland by-election. Currently, a rattled Key government …
Gordon Campbell on the Northland by election, and TPP news Read More »
Press Release – Public Health Association of Australia A report released today by a large team of academics and non-government health organisations reveals that the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) poses risks to the health of Australians in areas such as provision of affordable medicines, tobacco and alcohol …
Medicine affordability, public health at risk in TPP Read More »
