[Ip-health] US information session on the IGWG

[Judit Rius Sanjuan]

Find below the Federal Register Notice that HHS just shared with us:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Global Health Affairs

Notice of Listening Session on the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group
on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property

AGENCY: Office of Global Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services

ACTION: Notice of Listening Session on the WHO Intergovernmental Working
Group on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will host an
informal listening and information session on the World Health
Organization Secretariat=92s draft Global Strategy and Plan of Action on
Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, to be held on
October 10, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

No RSVP is needed.

ADDRESS: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, the Small Auditorium, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Abdoo by telephone on (202)
898-5783, or by e-mail at mark.abdoo@hhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In April 2006, the World Health Organization
(WHO) Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Public
Health (CIPIH) released a Report entitled =93Public Health - Innovation
and Intellectual Property Rights.=94 Since then, an intergovernmental
working group (IGWG) was formed to develop a global strategy and plan of
action based on the recommendations of the CIPIH Report. The IGWG
published on the WHO website on July 31, 2007 a draft of the global
strategy and plan of action, which is to be discussed at the next
meeting of the IGWG from November 5 -9, 2007.

Malini Aisola wrote:
> An information session on the IGWG negotiations will be held on
> Wednesday, October 10. The elements contained in the draft global
> strategy and plan of action will also be discussed.
>
> Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
> Venue: Small auditorium at the U.S. Department of Health & Human
> Services (Hubert H. Humphrey Building), 200 Independence Avenue, SW,
> Washington, D.C.
>
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