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Ellen't Hoen: el Fondo de Patentes Médicas salva vidas

Filmed Oct 2012 • Posted Dec 2012TEDxZurich
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Patentar un nueva medicina ayuda a financiar el inmenso costo de desarrollarla, pero a la vez la patente puede poner los tratamientos avanzados fuera del alcance de los enfermos en los países en desarrollo, un costo mortal. Ellen' t Hoen habla de una solución elegante al problema: el Fondo de Patentes Médicas. (Filmado en TEDxZurich).

The founder of the Medicines Patent Pool, Ellen 't Hoen works (and makes change) at the place where profit and health collide: patented drugs. Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by Ciro Gomez
Reviewed by Néstor Noziglia
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