<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 class=""><i class="">Association for Accessible Medicines, AARP and others warn that NAFTA 2.0 appears worse than TPP on access to medicines (and </i>potentially<i class=""> even worse than U.S. law). Hopefully, that improves in the final days of negotiations. We should know for sure if and when texts are released next week.</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h1 style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; font-family: 'Alfa Slab One'; font-weight: 400; background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAOCAYAAADnqNYmAAAAvklEQVQYlVWPvWrCYBiFn+/LoIIIhSwFhxRnp4JIBzeXrno73oGX4CVIwSzi6J6pODiprUsg0CX1B0xyOjTpV5/x4bzn5TCJcs22hf7D8yJTcnXy+ybZvm/xa4aK1VHYUcAdbx/CDh5dapfC4QRGkio53QjPANWDWy69hLn2aSFbpdax6LQgaBr+5HwPo6eyX5Lic6HeItMl+62yAOEnvLYNda88KyQNl7nev9xMGyWi4UH3wQ2w84MYB24AwA+hXXrDNDb52wAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==); line-height: 40px; padding: 0px 79.828125px 45px 0px; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Patient Access to Affordable Medicines: How a Renegotiated NAFTA Could Keep Drug Prices High</span></h1></div><div class=""><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><b class="">Factsheet Attached</b></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><b class="">VIDEO OF PANEL:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K3RQHB-oTE&feature=youtu.be&a=" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K3RQHB-oTE&feature=youtu.be&a=</a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">On August 31, President Trump notified Congress of his intent to sign a trade agreement with Mexico. This agreement could have a significant impact on the United States’ economy, including prescription drug pricing and the emerging biosimilars market.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Please join the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) for a briefing to discuss the proposed NAFTA agreement, its impact on rising prescription drug prices and recommendations for a stronger agreement.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Panelists include:</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><a href="https://www.accessiblemeds.org/about/our-team/jeffrey-francer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 141, 238);" class="">Jeff Francer </a>(Moderator)</strong><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Association for Accessible Medicines</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Marcie McClintic Coates</strong><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Head of Global Policy, <a href="http://www.mylan.com/" target="_blank" class="0" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 141, 238);">Mylan<span class="0" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">David Mitchell </strong><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">President and Founder, <a href="https://www.patientsforaffordabledrugs.org/" target="_blank" class="0" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 141, 238);">Patients for Affordable Drugs<span class="0" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Leigh Purvis</strong><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Director, Health Services Research, <a href="https://www.aarp.org/" class="0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 141, 238);">AARP</a></p></div><div class="">
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