SC Side Event: Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health: An Effective Solution? 8 November 2016
Title: Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health: An Effective Solution?
Date: 8 November 2016, 13:00-15:00
Venue: Room S2, WTO Building, Rue de Lausanne 154, CH-1211 Geneva 21
Organizer: The South Centre, co-sponsored by Brazil, China, India, South Africa, MSF
Description:
The panel will discuss the experience of the implementation and working of the paragraph 6 system under the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health, and the implications of the paragraph 6 system in the context of the situation on access to medicines in countries with low or insufficient manufacturing capacity.
Panellists:
Roger Kampf, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, WTO
Yuanqiong Hu, Legal and Policy Advisor, Médecins Sans Frontières
Dean Foster, Deputy Director for Global Affairs, Canada
Guilherme Cintra, Senior Manager, Innovation, Intellectual Property and Trade, IFPMA
Denis Broun, Head of Government Affairs, Cipla Ltd
Suerie Moon, Director of Research, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Moderator: Viviana Muñoz Tellez, South Centre
Open Discussion
A sandwich lunch is offered from 12h45
Presentations:
This article was tagged: Affordable Medicines, Health, Intellectual Property, TRIPS, World Trade Organization (WTO)
