[A2k] Re: [Ip-health] SUNS: Slow progress in talks on IPRs and innovation

mko mko@bu.edu
Fri Mar 28 11:47:01 2008


On 3/27/08 6:00 AM, "Sangeeta" <ssangeeta@myjaring.net> wrote:

> [One point lacking agreement is whether the Global Strategy applies only to
> 14 diseases, as proposed by the WHO Secretariat, or to a broader range of
> diseases as proposed by some member states - see SUNS #6360 of 7 November
> 2007.]

Limiting the WHO IGWG Global Strategy to 14 diseases would be a terrible
error.  See http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1090270.

Kevin Outterson
Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Health Law Program
Boston University School of Law
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