UN High-Level Panel: Ideas for change to global health and intellectual property system proliferate

Public health advocates, academics, patients, governments and others this week presented further ideas to the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines on ways to break the longstanding pattern of expensive medical products around the world as a way to pay for research and development.

The second public dialogue of the High-Level Panel took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 17 March, a day after closed-door meetings with a range of experts who submitted written comments to the panel. A first public dialogue was held in London last week.

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Source: Intellectual Property Watch

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By William New, Catherine Saez

Published: March 20, 2016, 8:06 p.m.

Last updated: March 23, 2016, 1:24 p.m.

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