Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) invites delegates attending the 8th meeting of the WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to a side event on Wednesday, 21 February 2024. This event is hybrid. For registration, please contact thiru [at] keionline.org.
Title: EU and US state practice in the Covid-19 response: National law and policy improvements and their relevance to WHO Pandemic Treaty negotiations
Date: Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Time: 18:00 CET to 20:00 CET
Speakers include:
Dr Ellen ‘t Hoen – Director, Medicines Law & Policy
James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
As the WHO pandemic treaty negotiations unfold, key policy tensions remain on provisions involving the transfer of technology and know-how, access and benefit sharing, financing, and attaching conditionalities to publicly funded research and development including pandemic countermeasures.
Meanwhile, several countries and regions continue to improve national and regional laws and policies to ensure the safeguarding of public health, including ongoing efforts to streamline compulsory licensing in the EU, the intensive application of government use during COVID by the US government, and the recent development of clarifying the use of march-in rights.
These developments in the EU and the US provide significant reference points for the WHO INB negotiations. The side event aims to introduce the recent major developments and practices in the US and the EU concerning access to medicines, R&D conditions and intellectual property, and to discuss the relevance of these developments to the ongoing INB negotiations in the WHO.
A recording of the event can be found here.
Ellen ‘t Hoen’s presentation can be found here: https://medicineslawandpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Ellen-t-Hoen-intervention-21-Feb-INB8.pdf
James Love’s presentation can be found here:
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