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Databases: Films Database
Health for Sale
- Topics(s): Pharmaceutical Industry (Big Pharma), TRIPS, Intellectual Property Rights, patenting, global public health, inequality, global North Vs. global South, human rights, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria
- Brief Summary: Health for Sale asks: are the world's largest drug companies, paradoxically, major obstacles to making a healthier world? This acclaimed documentary poses questions about the pharmaceutical industry, the WTO's TRIPS provisions and access to essential medications in developing countries. Providing interviews with officials and practitioners from all sides of the Intellectual Property Rights debate, "Health for Sale" focuses on Big Pharma, the ten largest pharmaceutical makers, and examines the impact of patenting, pricing, and new product development strategies on global public health.
- Date of Release: 2007
- Length: 53 Minutes
- Where was it produced/filmed & in what language: Produced by Ilaria Malagutti, Directed by Michele Mellara and Alessandro Rossi. Filmed in English, in India, South Africa, Switzerland
- Where to get it: California Newsreel www.newsreel.org
(Direct link: http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0215&s) - Additional Comments: It would serve as a catalyst for scholarly discussion on issues pertaining global health, trade, and human rights.
