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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=ruglucia@PAHO.ORG href="mailto:ruglucia@PAHO.ORG">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia
(WDC)</A> </DIV>
<DIV> <A title=EQUIDAD@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG
href="mailto:EQUIDAD@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG">EQUIDAD@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG</A> <BR><B><FONT
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</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Public health,
innovation and intellectual property rights<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<B><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333399">Report of
the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health
(CIPIH)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
World Health Organization – April 2006<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Website: <A href="http://www.who.int/intellectualproperty/en/"><FONT
color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy">http://www.who.int/intellectualproperty/en/</SPAN></FONT></A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“…..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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Over
half of the people in the poorest parts of Africa and <st1:place
w:st="on">Asia</st1:place> 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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"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……”.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
report is available in six languages:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
class=dots1><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">::
</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.who.int/entity/intellectualproperty/documents/thereport/CIPIHarabic.pdf"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Report in Arabic [pdf
4.32Mb]</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR><BR><SPAN class=dots1><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">::</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN> <A
href="http://www.who.int/entity/intellectualproperty/documents/thereport/CIPIHtranslationchin.pdf"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Report in Chinese [pdf
2.02Mb]</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR><BR><SPAN class=dots1><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">::</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN> <A
href="http://www.who.int/entity/intellectualproperty/documents/thereport/CIPIH23032006.pdf"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Report in English [pdf
4.69Mb]</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR><BR><SPAN class=dots1><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">::</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN> <A
href="http://www.who.int/entity/intellectualproperty/documents/thereport/CIPIH_Rapport_Avrilfr.pdf"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Report in French [pdf
1.58Mb]</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR><BR><SPAN class=dots1><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">::</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN> <A
href="http://www.who.int/entity/intellectualproperty/documents/thereport/Report_CIPIH_sp.pdf"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Report in Spanish [pdf
2.41Mb]</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR><BR><SPAN class=dots1><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">::</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN> <A
href="http://www.who.int/entity/intellectualproperty/documents/thereport/CIPIHru.pdf"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Report in Russian [pdf
3.00Mb]</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
Commission was led by Ruth Dreifuss, former President of the Swiss
Confederation. The vice-chairperson was Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, Director-General
of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>'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).
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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