<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Prathibha Sivasubramanian</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:pratsa2m007@gmail.com">pratsa2m007@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 8:12 AM<br>Subject: Help: Re. Workshop on Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field<br>To: Jyotsna Singh <<a href="mailto:jyotsna@phmovement.org">jyotsna@phmovement.org</a>><br>Cc: gargeya telakapalli <<a href="mailto:gargeyatelakapalli@gmail.com">gargeyatelakapalli@gmail.com</a>>, Gopa kumar <<a href="mailto:kumargopakm@gmail.com">kumargopakm@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Dear Jyotsna,<div><br></div><div>We are co-organising a Beginners Awareness Workshop on Patent Oppositions in the Pharmaceutical Field from 13 Dec-15 Dec, 2021. I have pasted the details of the event below. Also I am attaching the flyer and brochure of the workshop as well. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Can you please post in different forums including PHM exchange. It is for participants in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Prathibha</div><div>..........................</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Friends, </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Inter University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT and Third World
Network are jointly organising a </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Beginners’
Awareness Workshop on Patent Oppositions in the Pharmaceutical Field. </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The workshop is online and is open to health
activists, PG students of chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy, early career
researchers and faculty members from said disciplines etc.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Workshop will be held from 13-15 December, 2021. </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Time: 12.30 pm – 3 pm
(IST), 3 pm - 5.30 pm (Manila, Philippines), 2 pm - 4.30 pm (Jakarta,
Indonesia), 3 pm - 5.30 pm (Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia ).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The workshop aims to give an idea of the patent system and its impact on
accessing medicines for HIV, TB, Hep C and COVID-19, patentability criteria and
how oppositions play a role in disallowing patents to frivolous and marginal
improvements to existing drugs. This workshop is a precursor to a detailed workshop
on patent oppositions in the pharmaceutical field in 2022.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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on how opposition systems can help in reducing patent monopoly and ensure access
to medicines. </span></a></p>

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based in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> The medium of
instruction is English. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Attached
please find the brochure and flyer for the opposition's workshop. There is a
google link to the application form-</span><a href="https://forms.gle/6AWY7YVzfA4CDrVM8" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">https://forms.gle/6AWY7YVzfA4CDrVM8</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. <span style="color:black">The
application deadline is December 8^th, 2021.</span></span></p>

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<span style="color:black">Interested candidates please apply.   </span></span></p>

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