Topic: Philippe Douste-Blazy

A "Robin Hood" tax of just a fraction of a percent on financial transactions could smash the funding crisis gripping the war on AIDS, activists said at the world AIDS forum here on Wednesday."Robin Hood taxes are the answer to the question ...

Patent pool to lower prices for AIDS treatments

UNITAID, an international drug purchase facility, decided on Monday to create a " patent pool" to help facilitate the production of generic AIDS medications for low- and middle-income countries.Scheduled to begin operating in mid-2010, the patent pool is expected to make more ...
Drugs funding programme UNITAID said Wednesday it had agreed a deal with three travel booking systems that will allow holidaymakers to make a voluntary two dollar donation to fight disease in some of the world's poorest countries.Philippe Douste-Blazy, the chairman of UNITAID ...