Need drugs? The Trans-Pacific Partnership is an international treaty that Congress needs to approve. In this episode, find out how the TPP would affect your access to medicine. Would this treaty provide you access to life-saving drugs or would it provide the pharmaceutical industry excessive profits?   Please support Congressional Dish: to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Trans-Pacific Partnership Text , Office of the US Trade Representative, November 5, 2015. Congress did not stand when President Obama told them to pass the TPP Hearing Highlighted in this Episode , House Ways and Means Committee (Democrats), December 8, 2015. VP of Global Innovation Policy, Previously worked at the stock market, where he created the , which keeps companies up to date on their stock prices, and the Founder of , a high-tech services firm, and , an investment firm. Senior VP for International Affairs, Biotechnology Industry Organization Former Vice President of International Government Relations at Former Deputy Vice President of International Affairs for Director of Policy and Analysis, Former Special Advisor to Former Human Rights Advisor for the World Health Organization Former laywer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Director, Global Access to Medicines Program Highlights : Forces all TPP countries to "ratify or accede to" six international treaties if they haven't done so already : Trademark protections will be valid for 10 years : Patents will be available for "new uses of a known product, new methods of using a known product, and new processes of using a known product." Exclusions: Countries can individually exclude surgical methods for the treatment of animals or humans, plants, animals, and biological processes for producing plants and animals from patentability : Patents for biologics will be for a minimum of five years : Copyright terms for performances or phonograms will be the life of the author plus 70 years. If the producer is a company, the copyright protecton will last for 70 years. Sound Clip Sources Hearing: , Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs, May 12, 2015. YouTube: by Additional Reading Article: by Vicki Needham, The Hill, November 5, 2015. Article: by Kevin Granville, New York Times, October 5, 2015. Article: by Dennis Wagner of the Arizona Republic (re-posted on USA Today), June 21, 2015. Report: by Ian Fergusson, Mark McMinimy, and Brock Williams, Congressional Research Service, March 20, 2015. Article: by Amarendra Bhushan, CEO World Magazine, August 27, 2014. Article: by Felix Salon, Reuters, December 11, 2009. Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: by (found on by mevio) Cover Art Design by