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Intellectual property - medicine patent, copyright

The big pharmaceutical companies will get medicine patents and obtain longer patents easily. This would also render generic medicines more difficult to or delayed access, such as medicines for cancer, HIV and other chronic illnesses.

For example, Herceptin which is used for cancer, currently costs RM8,000 per cycle and is used for 17 cycles. Treating a lung cancer patient costs an average of RM44,725 ($14,455) per year, per patient.

NONE The chance of access to these medicines for those unable to afford these exorbitant prices becomes slimmer as access to generic medicine is delayed through TPPA as developed countries may seek to extend the life of the patent beyond the 20-year period...

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