Video of the DTI event on Innovation & Intellectual Property in South Africa, May 15, 2018

May 28, 2018

Featuring Marumo Nkomo, Tim Burrell, Alison Dyer, Jonathan Berger & Achal Prabhala, and hosted by Wiser, Wits University, Johannesburg.


Here’s the video:


DTI event coming up in Johannesburg

May 8, 2018


ABIA at the World Social Forum in Salvador

March 15, 2018


ABIA, along with GTPI, will be discussing how the EU-MERCOSUL Free Trade Agreement may harm access to medicines in Brazil.

ABIA, parceira do accessibsa, realiza debate sobre os impactos negativos do TLC UE-Mercosul para o acesso a medicamentos no âmbito do Fórum Social Mundial 2018

A Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de Aids (ABIA), coordenadora do Grupo de Trabalho sobre Propriedade Intelectual (GTPI), organizará o debate “Desafios para uma Saúde Universal e Democrática num Mundo Neoliberal” durante a 13ª edição do Fórum Social Mundial (FSM 2018), que será realizado entre os dias 13 e 17 de março, em Salvador (Brasil). A ABIA/GTPI é uma das organizações parceiras do projeto accessibsa no Brasil.

Serão realizados dois debates. O primeiro abordará os impactos do Tratado de Livre Comércio (TLC) em negociação entre a União Europeia e o Mercosul na saúde dos países e contará com a presença de representante dos quatro países do sul envolvidos na negociação. Enquanto o segundo tratará do tema “Saúde e Democracia” e tem entre seus convidados o pesquisador Jorge Bermudez, da Fiocruz, outra organização parceira do accessibsa no Brasil. Entre outros temas, Bermudez abordará o estudo de impacto do TLC UE-Mercosul nas compras públicas de medicamentos no Brasil, realizado no escopo do projeto.

A programação completa da atividade realizada pela ABIA no FSM2018 está disponível no convite.


Marcela Vieira and Feroz Ali at the Global Summit on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in Morocco.

January 12, 2018

Feroz Ali will present the “Rejected in India” report and Marcela Vieira will present the “Mercosur EU Free Trade Agreement” Analysis at the Global Summit on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines – Pathways to Access – between 15 – 17 January 2018 in Marrakesh, Morocco. You can watch the event live here.


Joseph Stiglitz on Intellectual Property & Societal Welfare

November 25, 2017

On November 17, 2017, the accessibsa project was delighted to host the renowned economist and Nobel Laureate, Professor Joseph Stiglitz, at Wits University in Johannesburg. The topic of his lecture was “Intellectual Property & Societal Welfare” – drawing from the paper he co-wrote for the accessibsa project (with Dean Baker and Arjun Jayadev).

The event was held at the Humanities Graduate Centre at Wits University. Professor Stiglitz was in conversation with Arjun Jayadev, Marumo Nkomo, Umunyana Rugege and Malebakeng Forere. The event was moderated by Achal Prabhala, introduced by Eric Worby, and co-hosted by the Humanities Graduate Centre & the Faculty of Law, Commerce and Management at Wits University, as well Section27, in addition to the accessibsa project.


Here’s the video: