A Joint Technical Symposium by WHO, WIPO and WTO
Geneva, February 18, 2011 at the WHO Headquarters, Geneva
(preceded by a Workshop on Patent Searches and Freedom to Operate, February 17, 2011, at WIPO, Geneva)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Time |
Topic |
14h00 – 17h00 |
Workshop on Patent Searches and Freedom to Operate |
Friday, February 18, 2011
|
08h30 – 09h00 |
Registration of Participants |
09h00 – 09h30 |
Opening Remarks
- Margaret Chan, Director-General
![PDF, Opening remarks, Chan](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
World Health Organization (WHO)
- Francis Gurry, Director General
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Pascal Lamy, Director-General
![PDF, Opening remarks, Lamy](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
|
09h30 – 10h45 |
Session 1: Access to Medicines, Patent Information and Freedom to Operate – the Context
- Access and information needs from a public health perspective
Speaker: Zafar Mirza, WHO ![PDF, Access to Medicines, Patent Information and Freedom to Operate – the Context, Mirza](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
- Linking empirical data to policy processes: strengthening the base for policymaking on access to medicine
Speaker: Antony Taubman, WTO ![PDF, Linking empirical data to policy processes: strengthening the base for policymaking on access to medicine, Taubman](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
- Managing intellectual property for access
![PDF, Managing intellectual property for access, Krattiger](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
Speaker: Anatole Krattiger, WIPO
Discussion
Moderator: Hans Hogerzeil, WHO
|
10h45 – 11h15 |
Break |
11h15 – 13h00 |
Session 2: Patent Information and Freedom to Operate: Methodologies and Sources of Information – Case Studies
- The patent status of medicines on the WHO model list for essential medicines
![PDF, The patent status of medicines on the WHO model list for essential medicines, Kowalski](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
Speaker: Stanley Kowalski, University of New Hampshire School of Law
Comments: Richard Laing, WHO ![PDF, The patent status of medicines on the WHO model list for essential medicines, Laing](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
- Understanding the patent status of Antiretroviral Drugs – a Medicines Patent Pool/WIPO collaboration
![PDF, Understanding the patent status of Antiretroviral Drugs – a Medicines Patent Pool/WIPO collaboration, Hoen](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
Speaker: Ellen 't Hoen, Medicines Patent Pool
- Global patent landscape on patenting activities in the field of vaccines
![PDF, Global patent landscape on patenting activities in the field of vaccines, Friede](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
Speaker: Martin Friede, WHO
- A freedom to operate analysis of dengue vaccines. The comparative role of IP in achieving access
![PDF, A freedom to operate analysis of dengue vaccines. The comparative role of IP in achieving access, Mahoney](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
Speaker: Richard Mahoney, International Vaccines Institute
Discussion
Moderator: Konji Sebati, WIPO
|
13h00 – 14h30 |
Lunch Break |
14h30 – 16h00 |
Session 3: Practicalities of Patent Information Use – Gaps and Needs
- Overview of patent information resources: WIPO experiences on legal status information
![PDF, Overview of patent information resources: WIPO experiences on legal status information, Mailänder](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
Speaker: Lutz Mailänder, WIPO
- Access to medicines: patent information in pharmaceutical procurement
Speaker: Sophie Logez, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ![PDF, Access to medicines: patent information in pharmaceutical procurement, Logez](/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif)
- Using patent information in managing practical access scenarios
Speaker: Tahir Amin, Intellectual Property Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK)
Discussion
Moderator: Mathias Schaeli, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
|
16h00 – 16h30 |
Break |
16h30 – 17h45 |
Session 4: Panel Discussion: Strengthening the information base for access to medicine strategies – taking stock of experience and charting future directions
Panelists:
- Rajiv I. Modi, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
- Eric Notegen, IFPMA / F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd.
- Gitanjali Sakhuga, UNICEF
- John Kabare, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
Moderators: Anatole Krattiger, WIPO and Antony Taubman, WTO
|
17h45 – 18h00 |
Closing Session
Speaker: Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO
Moderator: Johannes Christian Wichard, WIPO
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