The strengthening of intellectual property rights protection...and the possible establishment of an “IPR Task Force focussing on anti-counterfeiting and piracy” are among decisions to be taken at the G8 Summit...Non-governmental organizations...are highly critical of the approach…of a unilateral push for ever more “strengthening” of IP…Tido von Schoen-Angerer, director of MSF’s Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines…pointed to the intergovernmental working group at the World Health Organization that is exploring alternatives to patent protection. It was unfortunate that these discussions did not find any reflection in G8 discussions, he said…“It is also irritating that when you try to talk about alternatives you always end up in discussions about counterfeit medicines...Counterfeit medicine[s]…are not hampering innovation”...