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DT 9 / 2017

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MSF drags Pfizer to court in India over patent on high-cost Gavi-funded vaccine

The medical humanitarian aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has taken the Indian Patent Office to court over a patent it recently granted to Pfizer for the pneumonia vaccine, Prevenar 13. MSF argues that the patent will stifle competition, blocking the development of cheaper, generic versions of the vaccine.

News November 24, 2017

Definition of aid. Takeaways from OECD donor gathering in Paris

At a ministerial meeting in Paris 30 donors agreed on new common rules for reporting domestic refugee...

News November 03, 2017

Norfund: Love and angst for Mauritius

The Norwegian aid-financed risk capital fund Norfund has routed one out of eight of its global investments...

News December 01, 2017

Why the Paradise Papers matter for Nordic DFIs

The Paradise Papers have not revealed much news about Nordic development finance institutions’ (DFIs)...

Opinion Editorial December 01, 2017

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Sweden re-thinks aid to Myanmar, former PM urges Norway to give more

Sweden puts plans for state aid to Myanmar on hold after hundreds of thousands of Rohyingya have fled...

News November 03, 2017

European aid-financed investors’ tax principles ‘weak,’ says Tax Justice Network

The branch organisations for European development finance institutions (DFIs) have drafted six new principles...

Business November 16, 2017

Paradise Papers sweep IFU, Finnfund into tax haven storm

The use of tax havens by two Nordic aid-financed funds is under scrutiny after leaked confidential documents...

Business November 16, 2017

Struggling to breathe life into Finnish UN business

Finnish companies’ sales to the UN system have virtually crashed over the past five years. The Foreign...

Business November 03, 2017

Norfund, Swedfund pledge to scrutinise partners, but not to reveal their names

Secrecy and transparency are at the core of the debate over Development Finance Institutions’ (DFIs)...

Business November 24, 2017

Minister Mykkänen tightens Finnfund’s tax policy

The Finnish Development Minister Kai Mykkänen is currently revising Finnfund’s tax policy. He says a...

Opinion November 24, 2017

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