Tell pharmaceutical giants to stop abusing the rules
 We took a trip to London yesterday to highlight how thousands of people across the world are still being denied access to life-saving medicines.
Our very own Chris donned a slick suit and posed as a businessman holding an oversized packet of profit pills, high above the heads of a group of poor people. It symbolises how pharmaceutical companies prioritise profits over health.
Despite five years having passed since the WTO signed an agreement (they called it the 'Doha Declaration') promising to make life-saving medicines available and affordable to all, the situation for sick people in poor countries is getting worse not better.
It’s all a little complicated but the main crux of the problem is that rich governments and pharmaceutical companies aren’t honouring their promises. They are not allowing developing countries the right to produce, export and import affordable copies of patented drugs - meaning that many people are dying needlessly.
The facts are pretty shocking - 74 per cent of AIDS medicines are still under monopoly, 77 per cent of Africans still have no access to AIDS treatment, and 30 per cent of the world’s population still do not have regular access to essential medicines.
We think it’s time something was done about this. We want all pharmaceutical companies to stop abusing the rules. Novartis is one of the pharmaceutical offenders - tell its CEO what you think.
Take action now
E-mail the CEO of Novartis >>
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