[Ip-health] SAVE THE DATE: UNAIDS Roundtable on UNITAID HIV Patent pool: Time for action Making HIV medicines accessible for patient from developing countrie. Thursday 29th of October 12:00 to 14:00 Brussels

[Alexandra HEUMBER]

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UNAIDS Roundtable=0D
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UNITAID HIV Patent pool: Time for action=0D
Making HIV medicines accessible for patient from developing countries=0D
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Thursday 29th of October=0D
12:00 to 14:00=0D
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UNAIDS Brussels office=0D
Rue Montoyer 14, B-1000 Bruxelles=0D
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UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is convening a=0D
roundtable on Thursday 29 October from 12:00 to 14:00 on the UNITAID HIV=0D
Patent Pool, at the occasion of the launch of the related MSF campaign:=0D
"Time for action: Making HIV medicines accessible for patient from=0D
developing countries=E2=80=9D.=0D
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UNITAID, the international drug purchasing facility, has undertaken first=
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steps to create a voluntary patent pool for AIDS medicines for developing=
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countries.=0D
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This event aims to present the UNITAID patent pool to relevant=0D
stakeholders (European Commission, UNITAID, MSF, EATG, representatives=0D
from the pharmaceutical industry) and interested parties, and  provides an=
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opportunity to explore together next steps of its creation =E2=80=93 seekin=
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engage all stakeholders in a constructive dialogue at an early stage.=0D
Based on the results of the discussion, UNAIDS will publish a=0D
comprehensive article on its homepage (www.unaid.org).=0D
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Chair=0D
Denis Haveaux, EU Liaison Officer, UNAIDS=0D
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Panel of speakers=0D
Michelle Childs, Director of Policy & Advocacy,  M=C3=A9decins Sans Fronti=
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=E2=80=93 Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines=0D
Ellen =E2=80=98t Hoen, Senior Adviser IP & Medicines Patent Pool, UNITAID=
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Paul Van den Bulck, Partner -  Avocat aux barreaux de Bruxelles et de=0D
Paris, charg=C3=A9 d=E2=80=99enseignement aux Universit=C3=A9s de Paris II =
et Strasbourg=0D
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Panel of respondents=0D
Denis Dambois, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Trade, Unit E2=0D
(Public Procurement, Intellectual Property) (tbc)=0D
Representative of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and=
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Associations (EFPIA)=0D
Wim Vandevelde, Chair of the European Community Advisory Board - European=
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AIDS Treatment Group (EATG)=0D
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Questions open to the floor & Discussions=0D
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To confirm attendance, please send an email to haveauxd@unaids.org, before=
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the 27th of October 2009.=0D
Sandwiches will be offered.=0D
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Make It Happen ? Tell drug company bosses to share their patents and get=0D
drugs for people living with HIV=0D
https://www.actionformsfaccess.org/=0D
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Alexandra Heumber=0D
EU & IP Policy Adviser=0D
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M=C3=A9decins Sans Fronti=C3=A8res=0D
Access to Essential Medicines Campaign=0D
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