[e-drug] Geneva debate on R&D treaty

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E-DRUG: Geneva debate on R&D treaty
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[Please can you share the outcomes of your discussion with e-druggers? Thanks BS]

International Policy Network will hold an evening discussion

You are invited to attend if you are in the vicinity at the time.

A Medical Research and Development Treaty:
Is it the answer to global health needs?
With presentations by:
James Love, Knowledge Ecology International
Andrew Farlow, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
On: 17 May, 2007
At: The Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva

In the past few years, billions of dollars have been committed by philanthropists and governments to the development of new drugs for the diseases of poverty. Nevertheless, some still argue that too little is being spend on the development of such medicines and have called for radical changes to be made to the global system of R&D.

One suggestion is for a binding, "Kyoto-style" international Medical Research and Development Treaty (MRDT), through which R&D could be centrally directed towards perceived health priorities. Variants of this treaty is currently under discussion amongst members of the WHO.

But is a MRDT necessarily the answer to this perceived problem? How would such a mechanism work and what impact would it have on innovation? Indeed, is this idea even economically and politically feasible?

Please join International Policy Network for what should be a very enlightening debate on this most important issue.

James Love is the Director of Knowledge Ecology International, a non-government organisation with offices in Washington, DC, London and Geneva.
Andrew Farlow is a Senior Research Fellow at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and Research Fellow in Economics, Oriel College, University of Oxford
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Alec van Gelder
Research Fellow
International Policy Network

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