EU Parliament hearing on Neglected Diseases 8 Feb AM
PUBLIC HEARING
"Neglected Diseases - Too poor to be treated"
European Parliament, Brussels 8 February 2006 - 9:30 to 12:30 am
ROOM A 1G3 - simultaneous translation provided
Programme
9.30 - 9.35 Welcoming address by
Francis Wurtz, President of the UEL/NGL group
9.35 - 9.50 Introduction by
Luisa Morgantini, President of the Development Committee, Mep UEL/NGL group
9.50 - 10.10 Dr. Els Torreele, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative
(DNDi)
Call to governments: Boost innovation for neglected diseases
10:10 - 10:30 Prof. Philippe Kourilsky, Director General, Institut Pasteur,
France
Neglected diseases: Structural issues related to Research and Development
10.30 - 10.50 Dr. Tido Von Schoen-Angerer, responsible for Research and
Development in the
Médecins Sans Frontières Access campaign for access to medicines
10:50 - 11.10 Prof. Giuseppe Remuzzi, The Mario Negri Institute of
Pharmacological Research, Italy
Rare diseases: still "orphan" despite they represent 10% of all diseases
11.10 - 11.30 Dr. Priscilla M. Nyakundi, Principal Research Officer, Kenya
Medical Research
Institute , Kenya
Leishmaniasis, the Misery of Third World Countries
11.30 - 12.20 Questions & Answers
12.20 - 12.30 Conclusions by Umberto Guidoni, Member of the European
Parliament, UEL/NGL group
Should you like to attend, e-mail uguidoni@europarl.eu.int or fax number +32
2 284 77 22 by 6 February 2006.