[Ip-health] Public Meeting EC- Civil Society on ACCESS to MEDECINES & INNOVATION- WHO IGWG September 26 Brussels

[Alexandra HEUMBER]

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Dear all,


Please find below the information about the meeting organised by the Europe=
an
Commission for a discussion with the Civil Society on Access to medicines a=
nd
Innovation, precisely about the WHO Intergovernmental working group on Publ=
ic
Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights, on Wednesday 26 of
September 2007 9-13h in Brussels.

For registration please see the link below.
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/civilsoc/meetdetails.cfm?meet=3D11218 [1]


 Kind regards,
Alexandra
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MESSAGE FROM DG TRADE'S CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE TEAM

Ad hoc meeting : ACCESS to MEDECINES > External Trade Website [2]
> Civil Society Homepage [3]
(image) Date: 26/09/2007
Time: 09.00 ? 13.00
Location: Berlaymont Building room Jean Monnet, rue de la Loi 200, 1040
Brussels

Purpose of the meeting: The meeting will focus on the follow-up of the
Intergovernmental Working Group on public health, innovation and intellectu=
al
property rights (IGWG) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and in
particular on the IGWG's Draft global strategy and plan of action on public
health, innovation and intellectual property (A/PHI/IGWG/2/2). More
information on the IGWG and on the draft global strategy and action plan is
available here [4].

The meeting will feature a series of panel discussions with the participati=
on
of relevant Commission services and civil society organisations. After each
panel, the floor will be open for questions.

AGENDA
1. Introduction by External Trade
2. Panel discussions
2.1 Access to medicines, including IP management for access and improving
delivery of access
2.2 Technology transfer and capacity building
2.3 Priority setting and sustainable systems of finance for priority Resear=
ch
&Development
2.4 Intellectual property incentives and other pull mechanisms, such as pri=
ce,
patent buyout, etc.

Contact us : trade-civilsociety@ec.europa.eu [5]
A service of the European Commission - Directorate General Trade

Alexandra Heumber
EU Advocacy Liaison Officer
M=E9decins Sans Fronti=E8res
Access to Essential Medicines Campaign
Rue Dupr=E9, 94. 1090 Brussels
++32 (0) 2 474 75 09 (Dir off)
++ 32 (0) 479 514 900 (Mob)
++ 32 (0) 2 474 75 75 (Fax)

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  1. http://trade.ec.europa.eu/civilsoc/meetdetails.cfm?meet=3D11218
  2. http://ec.europa.eu/trade/
  3. http://trade.ec.europa.eu/civilsoc/index.cfm
  4. http://www.who.int/phi/en/
  5. mailto:trade-civilsociety@ec.europa.eu