The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Doctors without Borders (MSF), both represented by SECTION27, have been admitted by the Pretoria High Court, as amici curiae (friends of the court) in a compulsory license application for access to a lifesaving drug to treat cystic fibrosis, called Trikafta. The drug is not Continue Reading
For Women’s Month 2022, the Stop Stockouts Project launches new research entitled “Access to contraceptives in South African public health clinics between April and June 2022.”
MEDIA ADVISORY: SECTION27 TO ARGUE IN SUPPORT OF VACCINATION OF ADOLESCENTS IN COURT ON 28 AND 29 APRIL SECTION27 appearing as amicus curiae in court case about COVID-19 vaccines for teenagers 25 April 2022, Johannesburg – SECTION27 will argue in support of the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to teenagers in Continue Reading
Media Statement: Thousands are dying and suffering because they can’t access patented medicines. The time to Fix South Africa’s Patent Laws is now! 8 November 2021 — Activists from the Fix The Patent Laws Campaign will march to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) tomorrow 9 November 2021 Continue Reading
The Fix the Patent Laws campaign welcomes the announcement that the Biden-Harris Administration supports the temporary waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. “This decision is as result of massive global solidarity and mobilisation by activists around the world, who have been fighting for equitable access for COVID-19 vaccines Continue Reading
Johannesburg: 5 February 2021 The supply of safe and effective vaccines for all is being artificially rationed because of the protection of exclusive rights and monopolies of pharmaceutical corporations, the People’s Vaccine Alliance said today. The alliance warned that the three biggest vaccine companies in the world are largely sitting Continue Reading
Save lives now: support the Covid-19 TRIPS Waiver! South African Civil Society organisations call on countries blocking the proposal at the WTO to change their vote.
SECTION27 calls for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all. COVID-19 vaccines, which have been developed using public money and trialled on volunteers across the world, should not be used to enrich pharmaceutical companies and executives. They should not be hoarded by wealthy nations at the expense of low and Continue Reading
Fix the Patent Laws Coalition supports South Africa and India’s proposal to facilitate access to COVID-19 vaccines 15 October 2020, Johannesburg – The Fix the Patent Laws Coalition (FTPL), a group of over 40 organisations working to reform South Africa’s patent laws, welcomes the progressive proposal by South Africa and Continue Reading
STATEMENT: TAC and SECTION27 push back against the return of the quacks Johannesburg, 26 May 2020 – As scientists around the world search for viable vaccines for COVID-19, a virus that has infected over 5,4 million people and caused the deaths of about 345 000 people, a case about Continue Reading
Johannesburg, 18th May — In a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa published today, the Fix the Patent Laws (FTPL) coalition outlined major concerns about South Africa’s ability to access future treatments or vaccines for COVID-19. They point out that the country’s outdated patent laws ensure that when effective treatments become available, Continue Reading
COVID-19 – CSO open letter to UNITAID, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Member States 15 May, 2020 To: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General, World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland WHO Member States Marisol Touraine Chair, Unitaid Executive Board Dr Philippe Duneton Executive Director a.i, Unitaid Continue Reading
