5 November 2014
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
WHO-WIPO-WTO JOINT SYMPOSIUM 2014
Innovation and access to medical technologies
The World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and World Trade Organization (WTO) held a technical symposium on “Innovation and access to medical technologies: challenges and opportunities for middle income countries” on 5 November 2014 at the WTO in Geneva.
See also:
> Other WHO-WIPO-WTO joint technical symposiums
> Symposium highlights importance of inter-agency cooperation on public health challenges
This fourth trilateral technical symposium looked at some of the opportunities and challenges in middle-income countries. While they are catching up in the area of biomedical innovation and industrial development, they are also facing challenges in ensuring access to innovative health products for their populations.
INNOVATION AND ACCESS TO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
A JOINT TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM BY
WHO, WIPO AND WTO
GENEVA, 5 November 2014, WTO CR Room
PROGRAMME
08.30 – 09.00 |
Registration of Participants |
09.00 – 10.15 |
Opening Remarks
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10.30 – 12.00 |
Session 1: Setting the scene The concept of middle-income countries: What does it mean? How do we measure capacity for innovation? What are the factors of success? Discussion Moderator: Carlos Primo Braga, Professor, IMD and Director, The Evian Group@IMD Speakers: — Robert B Koopman, WTO Chief Economist — David Evans, David B. Evans, Director, Department of Health Systems Governance& Financing (HGF), WHO — Carsten Fink, WIPO Chief Economist |
12.00 – 12.30 |
Ebola: Innovation and Access to New Treatments Speaker: Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO |
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13.30 – 15.00 |
Session 2 : Trends in medical technologies innovation in MICs Moderator: Johannes Christian Wichard, WIPO Speakers: — Joseph Damond, Senior Vice-President International, BIO — Vijay Raghavan, Secretary, Dept. of Biotechnology, Government of India — Peter Chun, Chairman, EASE-Medtrend Biotech (Shanghai) Ltd. |
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15.15 – 16.45 |
Session 3: The challenge of ensuring access to medical technologies in middle-income countries Moderator: Cornelis de Joncheere, Director Essential Medicines and Health Products, WHO Speakers: — Chua Hong Teck, Director of Healthcare National Key Economic Area in the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, Malaysia — Manica Balasegaram, Executive Director Access Campaign Médecins Sans Frontières — Wim Leereveld, Founder & CEO Access to Medicine Foundation |
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16.45 – 17.30 |
Closing Session: Wrap up and Future plans |
