Please consider signing this petition to protect poor people's access to medication.

[O2Trees]

The US government is trying to stop India making affordable medicines for the people who need them most - the poor.

President Obama’s visit to India in days could spell life or death for millions of poor people in Asia, Africa and Latin America, but if we move fast we can ensure they can still get the medicines they need.

India produces cheap HIV, malaria and cancer drugs, and also medications for copd and other lung diseases. But Big Pharma wants to stop this, to sell their own products at higher prices. Their fierce lobby has got the US to push their line hard, even threatening trade sanctions if India doesn’t change patent laws which put people before profits.

When i was first diagnosed with copd i used to visit the U.S. Efforts forum (Emphysema Foundation for Our Right to Survive) and many there without insurance regularly got their medication from India.

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Done it. 196,117 have signed now. Thank you for this. x

[butter-fly]

Just signed 02

[RibvanRey]

How absolutely typical. Can't afford to bomb and shoot them so they will remove medical aid. Disgusting

[O2Trees in reply to RibvanRey]

But it affects you guys over there too Rib. So much for Obamacare - I know its an improvement but it doesn't help those without insurance. And corporate power is killing everything.

[RibvanRey in reply to O2Trees]

Over where? We don't have a separate regime here in the Lincolnshire Fens ROFLOL

[O2Trees in reply to RibvanRey]

Ok ok!!! i thought i saw somewhere you recently wrote that you lived in the U.S. At the time it confounded my assumption that you live here. Did i imagine it? Or just brain fog

[RibvanRey in reply to O2Trees]

Afraid not. I live near New York. Which is in Lincolnshire near Boston. As my Profile says, I am British born and bred and resident.

You may have noticed a reference to near by California, which is across the border in Norfolk. We take translators when we go there ☺

[O2Trees in reply to RibvanRey]

Hmmm, think i need a translator just to relate to the real world - thought you might be having a larf (you and your squirrels) so googled and there you are, well the village, and California next door. Learn something every day.

Anyway hope you've picked yourself up and didn't do too much damage rofloling

[James48]

Will do!

[hufferpuffer]

Hello O2Trees, gladly signed! huff xxx

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have done.

[jenss]

done 395,802 now

[O2Trees in reply to jenss]

Wow - thanks for that jenss - and Cough: 196 thousand to 395 in a few hours, pretty good.

[Dragonmum]

Did this yesterday and shared.

[Jolyn]

Ooh...will do that.

[onamission]

I have sighed it but its so sad we are sending millions in aid and they have a space centre I think the Indian government should learn to prioritise

[O2Trees in reply to onamission]

Sorry - replied without linking it to your comment

[O2Trees]

It's nothing to do with the Indian government onamission - its corporate pressure from Big Pharma in the U.S. which is being expressed by Obama on his visit to India.

Glad you signed anyway

[onamission in reply to O2Trees]

Oh sorry did not read your post properly

[scorpiolass]

Just signed 02. x

[zube-UK]

signed it and shared

[undine]

already signed on their site before xx

[jimmyw123]

just signed 02 only too pleased to do so,

jimmy

[O2Trees]

Thanks people!