While the Access to Medicines movement was able to successfully make medicines, especially Anti Retrovirals, accessible to the Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) given the availability of generics from India, now with TRIPS compliant laws in India coupled with new strategies of the Big Pharma in the US, EU and Japan, particularly the continued pressures to have TRIPS plus IP measures and Voluntary Licensing, access to medicines is becoming more and more difficult for most of the patients who need it both in the developing and the developed world. Anand Grover will discuss challenges and possible solutions.

Anand Grover is a leading human rights lawyer based in India and the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (2008-2014). Grover is also a Senior Advocate on the Supreme Court of India and Co-Founder of the Lawyers Collective where he is Director of the HIV/AIDS Unit. The Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit uses litigation, legislative advocacy and commuity outreach to promote human rights related to HIV/AIDS, LGBT persons, access to medicines, sex workers, and drug users. Grover has won numerous high profile court cases in India relating to, among things, the repeal of the law criminalizing homosexuality, the patent status of antiretroviral and cancer drugs, and the death penalty. Grover was appointed Special Prosecuter by the Government of India and prevalied in the 2G government corrpution scandal case, the largest public corruption case in India’s history. As UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Grover worked closely wth governments, civil society, and community groups arouns the world promoting a human rights-based approach to health. He holds a BSc (Honours) from Surrey University, a PGCE from Chelsea College, London University and a LLB from Bombay University.

This event is free and open to the public, but seating may be limited. Lunch will be provided.