PHA-Exchange> Report on Public health, innovation and intellectual property rights

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From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) 
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        Public health, innovation and intellectual property rights
            Report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH)

            World Health Organization - April 2006

 

            Website: http://www.who.int/intellectualproperty/en/ 

 

"...The report recommends key actions needed to ensure that poor people in developing countries have access to existing and new products to diagnose, treat and prevent the diseases which affect them most. 

 

Over half of the people in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia lack regular access to existing essential medicines because they cannot afford them, or because the health system in their country is too weak. Apart from access to existing medicines, some health products specifically for diseases which disproportionately affect developing countries are simply not developed at all due to the lack of a sustainable market. The relationship between intellectual property rights, innovation and public health has been at the heart of debate on these issues. 

 

The report of the Commission: "Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights" is the result of two years' analysis of how governments, industry, scientists, international law and financing mechanisms can work best to overcome the challenges. 


"There is now global momentum to address these issues, and we have a unique opportunity to build on this. There is more awareness, more money potentially available, more utilization of scientific capacity in developing countries and new institutions such as public-private partnerships..". 

 

An intergovernmental working group of WHO's Executive Board will consider the Report at a meeting on 28 April. The World Health Assembly will then examine and debate the Report during its annual meeting from 22 - 29 May 2006. The Assembly will ultimately decide how the Report findings will be applied. 

 

The report is available in six languages:


:: Report in Arabic [pdf 4.32Mb] 

:: Report in Chinese [pdf 2.02Mb] 

:: Report in English [pdf 4.69Mb] 

:: Report in French [pdf 1.58Mb] 

:: Report in Spanish [pdf 2.41Mb] 

:: Report in Russian [pdf 3.00Mb]

 

 

The Commission was led by Ruth Dreifuss, former President of the Swiss Confederation. The vice-chairperson was Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, Director-General of India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Other members were Professor Carlos Correa (Argentina), Professor Mahmoud Fathalla (Egypt), Dr Maria Freire (USA), Professor Trevor Jones (UK), Mr Tshediso Matona (South Africa), Professor Fabio Pammolli (Italy), Professor Pakdee Pothisiri (Thailand) and Professor Hiroko Yamane (Japan). 

 


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