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By William New The World Health Organization Executive Board recently addressed several key issues pertaining to intellectual property rights and access to knowledge. This included extensive discussion of pandemic influenza policies, the management of IP and health, and an appeal…
By William New
Members of the World Health Organization worked for days recently under the steady gaze of the WHO director general in an attempt to develop a new framework for the global influenza-sharing system designed as a safeguard against a pandemic.
By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch The European Union has taken steps to ratify a 2005 decision by the World Trade Organization designed to ensure that intellectual property does not limit access to medicines in developing countries. Peter Mandelson,…
Par William New L’Organisation internationale de la Santé (OMS), qui a beaucoup débattu des questions relatives aux droits de propriété intellectuelle ces dernières années, a procédé à une réorganisation de ses activités en plaçant le groupe chargé de ces questions…
Por William New La Organización Mundial de la Salud, que ha estado inmersa en un intenso debate sobre los derechos de la propiedad intelectual en los últimos años, ha reestructurado su gestión de estas cuestiones al elevar la Propiedad Intelectual…
In the ongoing WHO debate over the sharing of virus strains and benefits accruing from that sharing (including potential patenting), Indonesia has been facing off against much of the developed world and its industry in seeking new strong measures to…
By William New The politically explosive issue of ensuring everyone benefits from vaccines in the event of an influenza pandemic is the subject of a negotiation underway at the World Health Organization this week. The work of the member governments…
By William New The World Health Organization, which has intensively debated intellectual property rights issues in recent years, has restructured its management of the issues, elevating IP to the director general’s office. “[The restructuring] shows the importance that the director…
Por William New Los Estados miembros de la Organización Mundial de la Salud culminaron una intensa semana de negociaciones sobre las formas de mejorar el acceso al cuidado de la salud para las poblaciones más pobres con un significativo avance…
William New Les gouvernements membres de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) ont achevé une semaine de négociations intense sur la manière d’améliorer l’accès des populations les plus démunies aux soins médicaux. Ils ont notamment réalisé des progrès considérables concernant…
By William New The member governments of the World Health Organization finished an intensive week of negotiations on ways to improve access to healthcare for poorer populations with significant progress on a framework. But difficult work remains for the next…
By William New Negotiators at this week’s World Health Organization meeting on intellectual property, innovation and public health appeared to reach preliminary agreement Friday on principles establishing that IP rights should not negatively impact public health and should fit with…