# \[e-drug\] Access to Meds conference Milan, Italy, 17 Nov

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E-DRUG: Access to Meds conference Milan, Italy, 17 Nov  
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[MSF Italy is organising a conference on access to medicines this Friday in Italy. Please find below the agenda. For further information, please contact Barbara Galmuzzi on 00 39 334 3190073 or Silvia Mancini on 00 39 335 6976157; WB]

CRISIS OF ACCESS TO MEDECINES

Friday, 17th November 2006  
Palazzo delle Stelline, C.so Magenta, 61 Milan

OPENING

9.00 Participants Registration and accreditation of journalists  
9.15 Address by the Executive Director of Medici Senza Frontiere Italy

First Session

Moderator: Nicoletta Dentico, DNDi (Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative)

9.45 Serafino Zucchelli, Ministry of Health, Italy

10.20 Tido von Schoen-Angerer â€“ Director of Access Campaign  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to Essential Medecines, Doctors Without Borders

10.50 Roberto Salvan, General Director UNICEF Italy

11.30 Coffee Break

12.00 Carlos Correa, University of Buenos Aires

12.30 Gangte Loon â€“ Indian Network for People Living with  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HIV/AIDS

13.00 Lunch Break

SECOND SESSION

Round Table 1  
Health and Inequality: The Crisis of Research and Development for Neglected Diseases

Moderator: Gianna Milano, journalist

15.00 Catherine Royce, programme manager - LEAP  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;platform/DNDi

15.30 Claudio Jommi - Head of the Pharmaceutical Observatory  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Centre for Research on health care management - Bocconi University

16.00 Ellen â€˜t Hoen â€“ Campaign for Access to Essential  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Medecines, Doctors Without Borders

16.30 Ahmed Ogwell â€“ Director of International Health  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Department, Ministry of Health, Kenya

17.00 Raymond Merat, Permanent representative of â€œInternational  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Association of Democratic Lawyers at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations

Round table 2

TRIPS: What Impact on Access to Drugs?

Moderator: Barbara Gobbi, journalist â€œIl Sole 24 Oreâ€ SanitÃ

15.00 Shashikant Sangeeta, Third World Network

15.45 Lucio Poma, Professor of Political Economy, University of Ferrara

16.20 German Velasquez, OMS, Essential Drugs and medecines Policy

17.00 Ratan Singh, Indian HIV/AIDS Positive People

18.00 CONCLUSIONS

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