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The report was released on Friday, 17 November during an event held to mark the silver jubilee of the Wemos Foundation. Liesbeth van der Kruit took such politicians as Diederik Samsom (PvdA) and Kees Vendrik(GroenLinks) to task about this issue during the Grote Verkiezingsshow (the Great Election Show). The report describes tests that involved various well-known pharmaceutical companies such as Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline."<ref>[http://somo.nl/news-en/misdeeds-by-pharmaceutical-industry/?searchterm=novartis "Report from the Dutch Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations on unfair pharmaceutical trial practices"]</ref>
'''"Compulsory licensing “a last mechanism,” says Thai Health Minister"'''
'''August, 2008.''' "Thailand’s new Public Health Minister, Chawarat Charnveerakul, has said that imposing compulsory licensing (CL) is “the last mechanism” that the government would use “to help the poor get access to life-saving drugs at a fair price."
"First, we have to negotiate with drug firms to reduce the price of their drugs. If they do not agree with us we will then impose compulsory licensing for expensive drugs to save our patients’ lives," said Mr Chawarat, who was appointed to his post this month in a cabinet reshuffle. He added that his Ministry had not revoked the CL policy as a way of obtaining essential drugs, but retained it as “a key mechanism” in negotiating for lower prices."<ref>[http://pharmatimes.co.uk/Forums/forums/t/2065.aspx "Compulsory licensing on pharmaceutical drugs in Thailand"]</ref>
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