Cite as Judit Rius Sanjuan, James Love and Robert Weissman, Protection of Pharmaceutical Test Data: A Policy Proposal, KEI Research Paper 2006:1.
PROTECTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL TEST DATA: A POLICY
PROPOSAL*1
Judit Rius Sanjuan, James Love and Robert Weissman*2
KEI Research Paper 2006:1
21 November 2006
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KEI Research Note 2007:2 [1]
(A PDF version of this is available here.)
Recent examples of the use of compulsory
licenses on patents[1]
KEI Research Note 2007:2
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$1 a day HIV/AIDS drug regimen
In the early 2000s, KEI’s founder, James Love, advocated to lower the price of HIV/AIDS drugs for patients in developing countries. Love convinced generic manufacturer Cipla to sell the standard 3-drug HIV/AIDS regimen for $1 per day, a breakthrough price that saved — and continues to save — millions of lives. Love’s work culminated in the creation of the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria and the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), two of the world’s largest providers of HIV/AIDS treatments.
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UNITAID patent pool for medicines
Cost Benefit Analysis for UNITAID Patent Pool
UNITAIDwebsite on patent pools
MSF website on patent pools
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KEI will host a meeting on the Bilski litigation regarding patents on business methods, on September 10, 2009, from noon to 2:00.
When: Thursday, September 10, 2009
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Location:
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
1621 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20009
Tel +1 202 332 2670
The meeting will include presentations by:
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In May 2009, at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 18th session, the governments of Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay formally tabled a proposal to WIPO endorsing the World Blind Union’s Treaty for Reading Disabled Persons.
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In an August 14, 2009 article in the LA Times, Tom Hamburger provides yet another installment in the ongoing disclosures about a secret White House deal with PhRMA on pharmaceutical pricing.
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Thiru Balasubramaniam is the Geneva Representative of Knowledge Ecology International.
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