[Ip-health] Mark your calendar: CPTech Seminar with Kevin Outterson on Patent Buy-Outs (May 10)

[Joy Spencer]

Mark your calendar-more information will be sent shortly

The Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech) is hosting a seminar by
Kevin Outterson on "Patent Buy-Outs for Global Disease Innovation."

Date: Wednesday May 10, 2006
Time: *10:30*am-12:00pm (please note the time)
Venue: 1621 Connecticut Avenue Suite 500, Washington, DC 20009

Kevin Outterson is an Associate Professor of Law at West Virginia
University.  He is also a member of the American Health Lawyer's
Association's FDA Task Force.  In 2004, Governor Wise appointed him to a
4 year term with the West Virginia Pharmaceutical Cost Management
Council.  Some of his professional papers include, "Patent Buy-Outs for
Global Disease Innovations for low and middle-income countries" and
"Fair followers:  Expanding access to generic pharmaceuticals for
low-income populations."

Upcoming brown bags:

June 14 - Dean Baker on "The Free Market Drug Act Proposal for Public
Financing for Prescription Drug Research"

If you would like to join us next wednesday *morning *please RSVP your
name, title, organization and contact details to: joy.spencer@cptech.org
or 202.332.2670 (t)