E-DRUG: Latin Conference for Patient Associations on Access to Medicines & Public Policy, Feb 15, São Paulo
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(cross-posted from IP-Health list)
FYI, notice of meeting posted on the website of ABRALE (Brazilian
Leukemia & Lymphoma Association). Meeting will be held on Friday, Feb.
15 in São Paulo. Contact ABRALE for location & details.
"Conferência Latina de Acesso a Medicamentos e Políticas Públicas para
Associações de Pacientes"
http://www.abrale.org.br/fique_atualizado/interno.php?id=716
Co-sponsors are ABRALE, Consumer Advocare Network, and the Aliança
Latina de Pacientes com Doenças Hematologicas ( Latin American Alliance
of Patients with Hematological Diseases, "Alianza Latina")
Websites for the sponsors are:
ABRALE
www.abrale.org.br
Consumer Advocare Network
http://www.consumeradvocare.org/index.php/ca/content/view/full/2/
Aliança Latina de Pacientes com Doenças Hematológicas
http://www.alianzalatinahemo.org/
Consumer Advocare Network (CAN) is a Canadian organization; it
presented the paper entitled "Current Issues in Intellectual Property: A
Patient Perspective," at the 2nd WHO Public hearing on Public Health
Innovation and Intellectual Property in November 2007. This paper may be
viewed at: http://tiny.cc/HTmck
CAN was among the NGOs participating in the WHO meeting that were
surveyed by Essential Action for its report
"Pharmaceutical Links of NGOs Contributing to the World Health
Organization's Second Public Hearing on Public Health, Innovation, and
Intellectual property," which can be viewed at
http://www.essentialaction.org/access/uploads/igwg.contributorlinks.pdf
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Joana Ramos, MSW
Cancer Resources & Advocacy
Seattle WA USA
+1-206-229-2420
e-mail: jdr@ramoslink.info
http://ramoslink.info/
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