[afro-nets] Call for Novartis to drop its case in India

[Claudio Schuftan <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

Former Swiss President joins call for Novartis to drop its case
in India
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From: Third World Network
http://www.twnside.org.sg


More prominent figures have joined the chorus of over 300,000
people worldwide voicing concerns about Novartis' legal
challenge against the Indian government and its impact on access
to essential medicines across the globe.

They include the former Swiss President, Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, Stephen Lewis former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in
Africa, and Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, the head of the Global Fund
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The full story is found in South-North Development Monitor
(SUNS) #6192, 16 February 2007 available from Third World
Network (TWN):
http://www.twnside.org.sg