mai maidoparismsforg satellite session tuesday 5 august 2008 700 830 xvii international aids conference banamex center mexico city skills building room 9 additional information rsvp contact mai maidoparismsforg taking plunge unitaid patent pool could help increase access newer arvs stimulate innovation organized knowledge ecology international kei médecins sans frontières msf campaign access essential medicines oxfam recent groundbreaking decision taken unitaids board principle establish patent pool could hold key future access affordable newer arvs patent pool mechanism whereby number patents held different entities made available interested parties production development patent holders return receive royalties paid using patents pool manages licenses patent negotiations royalty payments streamlines process patent pool could facilitate example development pediatric formulations muchneeded fixeddose combinations fdcs less toxic firstline secondline treatments patents individual compounds otherwise pose barrier could also help speed availability generic versions new medicines production could begin well 20year patent terms expire critical patent pools success however willingness patent holders include patent rights pool session provide briefing unitaid patent pool explore pros cons patent pools followed discussion speakers include representatives pharmaceutical industry unitaid ngos speakers chair dr sigrun møgedal ambassador hivaids ministry foreign affairs norway dr jorge bermudez executive secretary unitaid patent pool help increase access arvs james love director knowledge ecology international medicines patent pool lessons fields technology gregg h alton senior vice president general counsel gilead pharmas response unitaid patent pool proposal ellen hoen director policy advocacy médecins sans frontières access new arvs pediatric arv treatments opportunities patent pool dr mohga kamalyanni senior health hiv policy advisor oxfam gb patent pool deliver need systematic approach patent barriers access _______________________________________________ iphealth mailing list iphealthlistsessentialorg httplistsessentialorgmailmanlistinfoiphealth mon 04 aug 2008 163421 0200 iphealth invitation kei msf oxfam symposium unitaid patent pool iac mexico