[Ip-health] THURSDAY: United Nations University p anel discussion: "Prize or Patent? Inno vative Ideas for Funding Medical Drug Devel opment and Access”

[Malini Aisola]

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UNU Forum: "Prize or Patent? Innovative Ideas for Funding Medical Drug
Development and Access”

Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Venue: Conference Room 7, United Nations Headquarters, New York

Co-organized by the UNU-Office at the United Nations and UNU-MERIT, a
joint research and training
centre of United Nations University and Maastricht University in the
Netherlands,  this event will
explore some key policy and implementation questions that need to be
taken into account in designing
effective medical prizes.

Invited speakers include:

Senator Bernie Sanders, Sponsor, The Medical Innovation Prize Act, US
James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
Kalipso Chalkidou, Associate Director of Research and Development,
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE, UK)
A.E.O Ogwell, Head of International Relations, Ministry of Health, Kenya
Dilip Shah, Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, Head, Collaborative Creativity Group, UNU-MERIT

More information and a detailed program can be found at
http://www.ony.unu.edu/seminars/2008/march20merit/index.shtml

Registration is open and can be completed at
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/103393252

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Malini Aisola

Knowledge Ecology International

1621 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA

Tel.:  +1.202.332.2670 Fax: +1.202.332.2673