{"id":10565,"date":"2018-04-06T12:17:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T16:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/?p=10565"},"modified":"2022-07-25T13:22:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:22:32","slug":"the-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement-and-access-to-hiv-treatment-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/2018\/04\/06\/the-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement-and-access-to-hiv-treatment-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Access to HIV Treatment in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment21468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment21468\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gdp\/files\/2018\/04\/lieu-cap-aF36oyxbgB0-unsplash-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/files\/2018\/04\/lieu-cap-aF36oyxbgB0-unsplash-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/files\/2018\/04\/lieu-cap-aF36oyxbgB0-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/files\/2018\/04\/lieu-cap-aF36oyxbgB0-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/files\/2018\/04\/lieu-cap-aF36oyxbgB0-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/files\/2018\/04\/lieu-cap-aF36oyxbgB0-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment21468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo by Lieu Cap via Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 1994 Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) removed the option for member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to exclude pharmaceutical patents. It also required members to introduce other limitations on pharmaceutical competition, such as protection for \u2018test\u2019 data submitted to support regulatory approval. Concerns have been raised that provisions in recent trade agreements may further reduce access to medicines, especially for developing countries. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) was of particular concern at the time of its drafting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17441692.2016.1256418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b><i>A journal article<\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Public Health <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Hazel V. J. Moir, Brigitte Tenni, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/profile\/deborah-gleeson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deborah Gleeson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Ruth Lopert estimates the potential impact of the TPP on access to HIV treatment in Vietnam. Using the current Vietnamese intellectual property (IP) regime as a base case, the authors analyzed the potential impact of a regime making full use of legal IP flexibilities, and one based on the IP provisions of the final, agreed TPP text.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The findings indicate that at current funding levels, 82 percent\u00a0 of Vietnam\u2019s eligible people living with HIV would receive antiretrovirals (ARVs) if legal flexibilities were fully utilized. Under the TPP agreement, as few as 30 percent\u00a0 would have access to ARVs, more than halving the proportion currently treated. These findings substantiate the concerns that the TPP would have a damaging effect on access to medicines, particularly in lower-income countries. <\/span><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17441692.2016.1256418\" class=\"button\">Read the Journal Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1994 Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) removed the option for member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to exclude pharmaceutical patents. It also required members to introduce other limitations on pharmaceutical competition, such as protection for \u2018test\u2019 data submitted to support regulatory approval. 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