[Ip-health] WHO discloses Expert Working Group on R&D financing

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

http://www.who.int/phi/R_Dfinancing/en/index.html

Expert Working Group on R&D financing


The Director-General is pleased to announce the establishment of a
results-oriented and time-limited Expert Working Group as requested by
Member States in the recently adopted Health Assembly Resolution on
the Global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation
and intellectual property.

This group will examine current financing and coordination of research
and development, as well as proposals for new and innovative sources
of funding to stimulate research and development related to Type II
and Type III diseases and the specific R&D needs of developing
countries in relation to Type I diseases.

The members of the group are internationally recognized policy makers
and technical experts in the field of public health, biomedical
science, finance, and economics. The members of the group will
participate in their personal capacity providing technical expertise
and strategic guidance to take forward this important component of the
global strategy.

Futhermore, it is expected that a number of additional experts will be
invited to provide expert testimonies and attend sessions of the
Expert group to discuss specific issues at the request of the group.
The final report of the expert group will be presented to the Health
Assembly in May 2010.

The members of the Expert Working Group are:

     * Sir George Alleyne (Barbados)
     * Professor Jos=E9 Carvalho de Noronha (Brazil)
     * Dr. Pedro Concei=E7=E3o (Portugal)
     * Professor Nirmal Ganguly (India)
     * Professor Jean-Fran=E7ois Girard (France)
     * Professor Yan Guo (China)
     * Professor Nabil Kronfol (Lebanon)
     * Dr. Cecilia Lopez Monta=F1o (Colombia)
     * Dr. Sigrun M=F8gedal (Norway)
     * Dr Mary Moran (Australia)
     * Professor Peter Ndumbe (Cameroon)
     * Dr. Sania Nishtar (Pakistan)
     * Ms Joy Phumaphi (Botswana)
     * Dr. Mark Rohrbaugh (USA)
     * Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss (Germany)
     * Dr Sibusiso Sibisi (South Africa)
     * Dr. Sue Szabo (Canada)
     * Professor Keizo Takemi (Japan)
     * Dr Lars Thunell (Sweden)
     * Dr Mark Walport (United Kingdom)
     * Professor Miriam Were (Kenya)
     * Mr Philip Yeo (Singapore)
     * Professor Yongyuth Yuthavong (Thailand)
       And
     * Dr. Philippe Douste-Blazy, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-
General on Innovative Financing for Development (France)

Expert Working Group: Brief Bios

http://www.who.int/phi/Expertgrouppublicannouncement13NovBios.pdf


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Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
thiru@keionline.org


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