Webinar – Report Launch, 13 November 2025
Are countries maximizing the policy space they have to grant compulsory licenses to improve access to medicines?
Webinar
Date & Time: Thursday, 13 November 2025, 13h-14h30 (Geneva) / 7h-8h30 (Boston) / 23h-00h30 (Melbourne)
Join the Launch of a Report on Compulsory Licensing Provisions in the National Patent Legislation of 15 Middle-Income Countries, published by the South Centre and the Global Economic Governance Initiative of Boston University Global Development Policy Center.
Register here
Agenda:
Opening by Prof. Carlos Correa, Executive Director, South Centre
Presentation by authors:
– Brook Baker, Professor of Law Emeritus at Northeastern University School of Law and Senior Policy Analyst for Health GAP (Global Access Project)
– Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University
– Warren Kaplan, Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health and member of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Pharmaceutical Policy
– Brigitte Tenni, Co-head of Equitable Systems for Health unit at the Nossal Institute for Global Health at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
– Rachel Thrasher, Researcher at the Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and Team Lead in the Trade and Investment Rules workstream
– Veronika Wirtz, Professor of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Pharmaceutical Policy
Commentary: Nicolas van Hissenhoven, Deputy Permanent Representative, Colombia mission to the WTO
Q&A
Closing
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE
This article was tagged: Access to Medicines, Compulsory Licenses, Intellectual Property, Middle Income Countries, National Patent Legislation, Patent
