[A2k] Re: [Ip-health] SUNS: Slow progress in talks on IPRs and innovation

[Miles Teg]

The other reports by TWN state that no member state proposed the disease
limit on 14 diseases. Has WHO said how this made it into the document?
Is this normal?

Sangeeta wrote:
> I agree wholeheartedly. The intent of that para was not to say that it
> should limited. The intent was more to state factually what is the current
> situation in the negotiations i.e. That members had not agreed.
>
> Perhaps we should have clarified.
>
> Thanks
> Sangeeta
>
>
> On 3/29/08 12:32 AM, "mko" <mko@bu.edu> wrote:
>
>
>> On 3/27/08 6:00 AM, "Sangeeta" <ssangeeta@myjaring.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> [One point lacking agreement is whether the Global Strategy applies only to
>>> 14 diseases, as proposed by the WHO Secretariat, or to a broader range of
>>> diseases as proposed by some member states - see SUNS #6360 of 7 November
>>> 2007.]
>>>
>> Limiting the WHO IGWG Global Strategy to 14 diseases would be a terrible
>> error.  See http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1090270.
>>
>> Kevin Outterson
>> Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Health Law Program
>> Boston University School of Law
>> 765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston  MA  02215
>> 617 353 3103
>> http://ssrn.com/author=340746
>>
>>
>>
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