[Ip-health] FromGeneva: 10 Asian countries support global treaty on R&D

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

http://fromgeneva.blogspot.com/2006/12/10-asian-countries-support-
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  10 Asian countries support global treaty on R&D

5 December 2006
FromGeneva
Thiru Balasubramaniam

On day 2 of the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health,
Innovation and Intellectual Property, the delegate from Thailand, on
behalf of the WHO South East Asian Region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, DPR
Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Timor-Leste) indicated its support for a global treaty on R&D. He noted
that the global health community needed a sustainable funding mechanism
for upstream research. The delegate from Thailand made reference to
paragraph 18 of A/PHI/IGWG/1/2 (Review of recommendations of the
Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public
Health) which states



     Recognizing the need for an international mechanism to increase
global coordination and funding of medical research and development,
the sponsors of the treaty proposal on medical research and development
should undertake further work to develop these ideas so that government
and policy-makers may make an informed decision.

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Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
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