<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Doctors Without Borders, other health groups’ letter on NAFTA and access to medicines<o:p class=""></o:p></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">As NAFTA renegotiation talks reach a pivotal stage this week in Montreal, Doctors Without Borders, Consumers Union, AFSCME, Aliance of Retired Americans, the AFL-CIO, Public Citizen and nearly 100 other organizations from the United States, Canada and Mexico sent a letter today to their trade and health </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">ministers demanding that, “Any renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) must not undermine access to affordable medicines.”</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">With one in five people in the United States failing to fill prescriptions due to their cost, patient-advocate, consumer and other health-focused organizations in the three countries sent the letter following reports that measures being negotiated in the NAFTA talks could contribute to escalating prescription drug prices and worsen access to treatment.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">You can see the <a href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/usa/files/nafta_a2m_letter_jan_24_2018.pdf" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: black;" class=""><b class="">full letter</b></span></a> and list of signing organizations from the United States, Mexico and Canada on the <a href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/usa/files/nafta_a2m_letter_jan_24_2018.pdf" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: black;" class="">Doctors Without Borders website</span></a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="">###</span></div></body></html>