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Ellen 't Hoen: Medicine Patent Pool redt levens

Filmed Oct 2012 • Posted Dec 2012TEDxZurich
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Het patenteren van nieuwe medicijnen helpt bij de financiering van de gigantische investeringen voor hun ontwikkeling ervan --maar patenten maken nieuwe behandelingen soms ontoegankelijk voor zieken in de ontwikkelingslanden - met dodelijke gevolgen. Ellen 't Hoen praat over een elegante en efficiënte oplossing voor dit probleem: de Medicine Patent Pool. (Gefilmd op 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 Dutch by Evelyn Adriaenssens
Reviewed by Els De Keyser
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