UNCTAD head Supachai Panitchpakdi will open up this December 16-19 event in Bangkok. The meeting is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany.
Programme Events
Event: Symposium on Flexibilities in International Intellectual Property Rules and Local Production of Medicines
Date: 16–19 December 2008
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Venue: Conference Room of Arnoma Hotel
Description:
Responding to the new mandate received from Member States at the Ministerial Conference in Accra, as well as to the World Health Assembly´s Resolution 61.21 on a Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, UNCTAD and the Department of Intellectual Property of the Government of Thailand are organizing this capacity-building workshop.
The workshop examines TRIPS Agreement obligations and flexibilities available to developing countries, and the Least Developed Countries in particular, that can support the local production of generic pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, will deliver a key note address to the workshop participants.
Participants, who will be awarded a course certificate, consist of government officials, pharmaceutical producers, civil society and academia representatives from ASEAN and Bangladesh.
Co-organized with: UNCTAD, Department of Intellectual Property, Thailand, in its capacity as a member of the ASEAN Intellectual Property Group and Capacity Building International, Germany (InWEnt)
Sponsor / funding: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
Language(s): English
Contact: Kiyoshi.Adachi@unctad.org
Related sites: www.unctad.org/tot-ip