E-DRUG: Webinar today - Sep 24 - Trade secrets: implications for pharmaceutical innovation and access
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Dear all,
Just a quick reminder that the webinar below is happening tomorrow,
today, September 24, 4pm - 5pm CEST / 10am-11am EDT.
To join the webinar, please register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2616008711435/WN_vXvmwqxzQFG2Cz8U5_FGuQ
Trade secrets: implications for pharmaceutical innovation and access
Speaker:
David Levine, Associate Professor, Elon University School of Law and
Affiliate Scholar, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School
Papers:
David S. Levine, COVID-19 Trade Secrets and Information Access: an
Overview, July, 2020, http://infojustice.org/archives/42493
Levine, David S. and Sichelman, Ted M., Why Do Startups Use Trade Secrets?
(April 22, 2018). 94 Notre Dame Law Review 751 (2018), San Diego Legal
Studies Paper No. 18-346, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3166834
The implications of intellectual property rights for innovation and access
to medicines is a highly debated topic. While most of the discussion
focuses on patents and other kinds of exclusive rights, much less attention
is paid to trade secrets (namely IPRs on confidential information that may
be sold or licensed). Trade secrets can restrict access to critical
information relevant to product R&D, manufacturing and commercialization,
acting as potential barriers hampering the development and widespread use
of health technologies. Professor David Levine will explore how the current
Covid-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to apply exceptions and
limitations foreseen in international trade laws in the public interest to
advance equitable access to life saving diagnostics, treatments, medicines,
and vaccines that may hinge on robust information access.
The webinar is free and open to the public and will be held in English.
Participants will be able to pose questions orally or in writing, and the
speakers will respond to a selection of these during the second half of the
event. Recordings of all webinars will be made available afterward at the
Knowledge Portal on Innovation and Access to Medicines
www.knowledgeportalia.org
a project of the Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute of Geneva.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with additional information on how to join the webinar using the Zoom platform.
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Marcela Vieira, LLB, MPH
Researcher and Project Coordinator of the
Knowledge Network for Innovation and Access to Medicines
https://www.knowledgeportalia.org/
Global Health Centre, Research
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
marcela.vieira@graduateinstitute.ch