[Ip-health] NY Briefing on UNITAID HIV/AIDS Medicines Patent Pool Initiative June 10th

[Judit Rius Sanjuan]

Cross-posted from HealthGap mailing list:


Ellen t=92Hoen, who is the Senior Advisor on IP and Medicines Patent
Pool at UNITAID in Geneva, will be in NYC next week.  She will be
presenting a briefing at ASC on the UNITAID initiative through which
intellectual property in medicines and diagnostics for HIV/AIDS can be
put voluntarily by patent holders into a patent pool, making IP
available for generics and other manufacturers who will pay a
licensing fee for their use. This opens up an entirely new and
exciting range of possibilities for better access to and newer
formulations of more affordable essential medicines.

African Services Committee invites you

for a

Briefing on the UNITAID HIV/AIDS Medicines Patent Pool Initiative

Presenter:  Ellen t=92 Hoen, LL.M.
Senior Advisor IP and Medicines Patent Pool
UNITAID

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 from 3-5pm

The presentation will include an update on the UNITAID Patent Pool
initiative, which is aimed at ensuring faster access to more
affordable and better adapted ARVs for people living with HIV/AIDS in
developing countries.

Please join us for this important and timely technical briefing to
ensure equitable access to HIV/AIDS treatment.

To register for this event please contact Catharine Bufalino, Director
of Communications
catharineb@africanservices.org or 212-222-3882 ex. 146

  African Services Committee
429 West 127th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 222-3882