Category Innovation/ R&D

Enforcement, Creative R&D Financing Priority Issues For Public Health in 2009

The number and intensity of debates over the role of intellectual property rights in public health is set to increase in 2009.

New leadership and new mandates for key intergovernmental organisations implemented last year have created opportunity for change. And while old debates over the balance between IP rights and access to health products are not going away, this year will see more exploration at the intergovernmental level of different systems to stimulate innovation.

Industry Pushes For Biosimilars Approval Process; Some IGOs Take Notice

Key players in the biotechnology industry are leading an effort to obtain global approval processes for generic biological medicines, which experts say could provide cheaper access to costly but widely prescribed and promising treatments.

US Congress, Lobbyists Renew Patent Reform Slog With Focus On Damages

With patent reform expected to be introduced sooner rather than later in this 111th United States Congress, calculating damages for infringement remains one of the main sticking points.

Proponents Explore Designs For Prizes To Aid Neglected Disease Research

The World Health Organization global strategy on public health, innovation and intellectual property calls for the exploration of alternative mechanisms to incentivise research and development, including the use of prize funds. A diverse group of non-governmental agencies, government and pharmaceutical industry representatives recently looked at prize funds in detail, to determine different possible approaches and where they might best be applied to medical innovations.

IP From Publicly Funded Research Should Benefit The Public, Experts Say

By Catherine Saez Publicly funded research institutions are major players in the area of life sciences and policies on the management of intellectual property emanating from this research have to be defined, according to speakers at a recent symposium in…

Un nouveau projet pour permettre aux scientifiques d’accéder librement à la littérature sur la physique des particules

Alors que le prix des abonnements aux revues de physique des particules ne cesse d’augmenter, rendant difficile pour certains chercheurs de pouvoir accéder à des articles importants relus par des pairs, de grands physiciens ont mis en place un modèle…

Proyecto en marcha para convertir las publicaciones sobre la física de alta energía en un formato de acceso abierto

Por Catherine Saez Destacados físicos han presentado un modelo alternativo para la publicación en formato de acceso abierto, a medida que el aumento de los precios de las revistas altamente especializadas sobre la física de alta energía pone en peligro…

Project Underway To Convert High Energy Physics Literature To Open Access

By Catherine Saez As rising prices of top-quality journals in high-energy physics jeopardise researchers’ access to essential peer-reviewed articles, leading physicists have put forward an alternative model for open access publishing. Access to past and current research reports is of…