[pp.int.general] Patents and Health: The Latin American Association of Pharmaceutical Industries at the OMPI

[eduardo at partidopirata.com.ar]

The Latin American Association of Pharmaceutical Industries :

"The patent system should serve to promote and protect public health" and
that as such, "the patent regulations must be compatible with the right to
health of the population and access to medicines".

"there is widespread international opinion on the "negative consequences
for public health" laws that have a very strict patent system .."

More in spanish:

http://www.infonews.com/2012/05/23/sociedad-22798-las-patentes-medicinales-protegen-la-salud-publica-en-america-latina.php