[Ip-health] Swedish report on Paragraph 6 CL mechanism

[Judit Rius Sanjuan]

The Swedish National Board of Trade just released a report on the
paragraph 6 compulsory license mechanism. The study quite critic with
the mechanism is available here: http://www.kommers.se/templates/Standard____3127.aspx

One of the conclusions:

" The negotiations on the Decision showed that the area of compulsory
licensing and access to  medicines is ripe with conflicting policy
goals and ideals. The outcome of the negotiations is a compromise
system that can hardly live up to expectations that were perhaps
attached to it.  The Decision system can be one way for some countries
to improve access to medicines post- 2005 but it is not sufficient.
Additional measures are needed to create supporting mechanisms to
increase the number of cases where the system can be viable, as well
as support the countries where it cannot, e.g. through sustainable
external financing of medicines for the poor. "

Judit Rius Sanjuan
Attorney at Knowledge Ecology International
www.keionline.org / www.cptech.org
Phone: +1.202.332.2670, x18
Email: judit.rius@keionline.org