Comments on: Thailand Presents Report On Compulsory Licensing Experience http://www.ip-watch.org/2007/03/12/thailand-presents-report-on-compulsory-licensing-experience/ Original news and analysis on international IP policy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:19:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ignacio Segarra http://www.ip-watch.org/2007/03/12/thailand-presents-report-on-compulsory-licensing-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-994992 Ignacio Segarra Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:37:17 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=563#comment-994992 The problem seems to be to have sufficient Government funds to provide essential medicines to all who can’t afford them. This is not a patent problem, or an expensive drug problem but lack of adequacy to collect the necessary funds for purchasing the drugs. I would advocate for the creation of a National Drug Fund in each country (e.g. Thailand) that would collect tax from profits that pharmaceutical companies do from selling non-essential medicines, e.g. life style drugs and drugs for pets and companion animals. Governments should use these profits from the pharmaceutical companies and promote then its use under ethical and social responsibility. Governments should not penalized companies that have developed essential drugs, but redirect the profits of those companies that focus on life style and drugs for pets. (ethicsforum.blogspot.com) The problem seems to be to have sufficient Government funds to provide essential medicines to all who can’t afford them. This is not a patent problem, or an expensive drug problem but lack of adequacy to collect the necessary funds for purchasing the drugs.

I would advocate for the creation of a National Drug Fund in each country (e.g. Thailand) that would collect tax from profits that pharmaceutical companies do from selling non-essential medicines, e.g. life style drugs and drugs for pets and companion animals. Governments should use these profits from the pharmaceutical companies and promote then its use under ethical and social responsibility.

Governments should not penalized companies that have developed essential drugs, but redirect the profits of those companies that focus on life style and drugs for pets. (ethicsforum.blogspot.com)

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