Roche - Stop Killing and Give Us Fuzeon!

 

Fuzeon is an important part of combination treatment for people who have viruses that have become resistant to other available anti-HIV drugs. It was approved by the Korea Food & Drug Administration(KFDA) in May, 2004. However, the Swiss drug giant Roche has refused to supply the drug because of the failure of price negotiation with the government.

Roche has claimed $22,000 for the price of Fuzeon in South Korea. The yearly cost of $22,000 is double that of the most expensive HIV treatments existing in the market. And if considering that the drug must be taken in combination with other medicines, the total cost of treatment could reach between $30,000 and $40,000 per patient per year.

Roche is denying the access of people living with HIV/AIDS to the Fuzeon by charging unreasonably high price and even refusing to sell the drug in some countries including South Korea.

Access to treatment for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS has been problems in most countries and the spread of drug-resistant HIV has accelerated rapidly over the last several years. It is very critical for HIV patients to get access to proper medicines.

Roche's strategies on pricing and supply for Fuzeon has been threatening the lives of HIV　patients over the world as well as in South Korea. It is a crime against humanity. We urge Roche to stop abusing their power and supply Fuzeon at affordable price for every country where there are HIV/AIDS patients.

 2008. 10. 7

 

Group - S. Korea (25)

Korea HIV/AIDS Network of Solidarity

Nanuri+, HIV/AIDS Human Rights Advocacy Group of Korea

Public Pharmaceutical Center

Solidarity for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Human Rights of Korea

Korean Gay Men's Human Rights Group

Sarangbang, Group for Human Rights

Health Right Network

Korean Federation of Medical Groups for Health Rights

Association of Korea Doctors for Health Rights

Association of Physicians for Humanism

Korea Dentists Association for Health Society

Korea Health and Medical Workers Union

Korean Pharmacists for Democratic Society

People's Solidarity for Social Progress

Intellectual Property Left

Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet

Korea Leukemia Patient Group

Solidarity for New Progressive Party

FOR PEOPLE PWLH GROUP (LOVE4ONE / South Korea)

NNHAP(Nopi Narara Hiv Aids Positive / South Korea) 

Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)

Sexual Minority Committee of the Democratic Laber Party(South Korea)

Solidarity for People's Health Rights (South Korea)

Kapf (Korea HIV/AIDS Positive Federation, South Korea)

Solidarity ofHuman Rights Groups

Group - Foreign (28)

Action pour l'humanisation des hopitaux( hospitals humanisation action, Cameroon)

Positive Malaysian Treatment Access & Advocacy Group (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Act up-Paris (France)

Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+)

Public Personalities Against Aids Trust (Harare, Zimbabwe)

Southern Africa Treatment Access Movement (Johannesburg, RSA)

Medsin UK (UK)

Knowledge Ecology International

Initiative for Health Equity & Society

Diverse Women for Diversity

International Peoples Health Council (South Asia)

AIDS Cell, Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences (India)

Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives' Association of India (India)

People's Health Movement USA (USA)

Council for Health and Development, Inc (Philippines)

Action against Aids Germany (Germany)

People Like I\Us Kolkata (India)

Southern Africa Treatment Access Movement (South Africa)

American Medical Student Association (USA & international)

Treatment Advocacy & Literacy Campaign (Zambia)

Student Global AIDS Campaign (USA)

FACE AIDS of UNC Charlotte (USA)

Phoenix PLUS (Russia)

Umunthu Foundation (Malawi)

Global Access Project(New Your, USA)

ACT UP Philadelphia (Philadelphia, U.S.A)

European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG / Brussels, Belgium)

AIDS Access Foundation(Thai)

Personnel - S. Korea (66)

Kwon Minjung (Ewha Woman's university, School of medicine, S.Korea)

Kim Kiyoung (School of Medicine, Ajou University, S.Korea)

Kim Suji (School of Medicine, Ajou University, S.Korea)

Noh YeounKyeong (School of Medicine, Ajou University, S.Korea)

Kim Junhyung (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, S.Korea)

Park Youngsu (Beautiful Life, Global Health Forum of Seoul National University, S.Korea)

Park Kwangsun (Daegu dentention Center, S.Korea)

Park Kwang Seo(LOVE4ONE, S.Korea)

Noh Yeon-kyeong, Eom Yujin, Hong Seok Joo, Yoon Ji Sang

 - (medical students of Ajou University, S.Korea)

Kim Keunyoung( hospital of Inha University, S.Korea)  

 

Mia Son, Kim Wonsik, Lee Jungyun, Kim ji young, Cha myung hee, Lee mi sook, Garam Oh, Byoungseok Kim, Ki-Ho Park, Kim Jho Gwangsoo, Jun Jaewoo,

Jung-won Yoon, Jiwon Yoon, Chunsaeng Lee, Ha-yong Yoon, Suk-wha Yang,

Kim Keunyoung, Eom ju-young, Song Hee Han, Bark Kwang-Hun, Sowon Jung, 

Eun Young Bae, Kang kyeong-yeon, Kim Keunyoung, Jong Geol Lee, Jang Min-hee,

Oh Jungkeun, Kim sang sik, Kim Hae-In, Chaetoon Hahn, Hyejin Hwang, Oh Jung-won, Kim dong gil, Jeong Chan Ho, Yong-Joon, Choe, Jong-myeong Kim, Kyu-Yeon Kim, Soung-ai Choi, Deokhee Yi, QJ Choi, Seo bokyeong, Rhee Pyengdo, Kim hyune ju, Leem Y.S. Lee Jae Yong, Seok Kyun Woo, yonmi Kwon, Jingyeong Yoo,

Ahn Eun Kyoung, MInWoo Oh North, Jin-OK Byeon, Miran Kwon, Kim Tai Won ,

Yun Young, Lee hyunok, Yi Sang ho

Foreign - Foreign (27)

David Legge (People's Health Movement, Australia)

Edlira Xhafa (Switzerland)

Mary McMahon (GNSH, Yardley, PA, USA)

Christine Chappuis (Arzier, Switzerland)

Sabina Fejzullaj (Tirana, Albania)

Reinhard Huss (Medical Doctor, Leeds, UK)

K Balasubramaniam (Health Action International Asia-Pacific, Colombo)

Jorge A. Restrepo (IBFAN-GIFA, Switzerland)

Claudio Schuftan (PHM, Vietnam)

Susan Heywood (Australia)

M.K.P. Chandralal (People's Movement for the Rights of Patients, Sri Lanka)

Christine Perera (Patients for Patients Safety Alliance, Sri Lanka)

GP Baldew (Netherlands)

Nathan Bahr (USA)

Siobhan McCarty (Georgetown Medical AIDS Advocacy Network, USA)

Jorge A Uzcátegui Pérez (Venezuela)

Tarak Banerjee (India)

Brinda Adige (Global Concerns India, India)

Gabrielle Kelly (South Africa)

Tafadzwa Roberta Muropa (Zimbabwe)

Antoinette Nguyen (Emory University School of Medicine, USA)

Firinga Johnson Victorius (France)

Alicia Steele (Alumni of Grand Valley State University, USA)

Chris Curry (USA)

Adedotun Odegbile (Saint James School of Medicine, Netherlands Antilles)

Gopal Dabade (All India Drug Action Network, Drgu Action Forum, India)

Sam sitrin (ACT UP Philadelphia, USA)