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Ellen 't Hoen: Pool Patentes de Medicamentos, salve vidas

Filmed Oct 2012 • Posted Dec 2012TEDxZurich
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Patentear um novo medicamento ajuda a financiar o custo imenso exigido para seu desenvolvimento -- mas aquela mesma patente pode deixar tratamentos avançados fora do alcance de pessoas doentes em países em desenvolvimento, a um custo mortal. Ellen 't Hoen conversa sobre uma solução elegante e eficiente para driblar problema: o Pool de Patentes de Medicamentos ("Medicines Patent Pool" ). (Filmado em 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 Portuguese, Brazilian by Camila Sauer
Reviewed by Mariangela Correa
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