A Joint Technical Symposium by WHO, WIPO and WTO
Geneva, February 18, 2011 at the WHO Headquarters, Geneva
(preceded by a Workshop on Patent Searches and Freedom to Operate, February 17, 2011, at WIPO, Geneva)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
| Time |
Topic |
| 14h00 – 17h00 |
Workshop on Patent Searches and Freedom to Operate |
Friday, February 18, 2011
|
| 08h30 – 09h00 |
Registration of Participants |
| 09h00 – 09h30 |
Opening Remarks
- Margaret Chan, Director-General
World Health Organization (WHO)
- Francis Gurry, Director General
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Pascal Lamy, Director-General
World Trade Organization (WTO)
|
| 09h30 – 10h45 |
Session 1: Access to Medicines, Patent Information and Freedom to Operate – the Context
- Access and information needs from a public health perspective
Speaker: Zafar Mirza, WHO
- Linking empirical data to policy processes: strengthening the base for policymaking on access to medicine
Speaker: Antony Taubman, WTO
- Managing intellectual property for access
Speaker: Anatole Krattiger, WIPO
Discussion
Moderator: Hans Hogerzeil, WHO
|
| 10h45 – 11h15 |
Break |
| 11h15 – 13h00 |
Session 2: Patent Information and Freedom to Operate: Methodologies and Sources of Information – Case Studies
- The patent status of medicines on the WHO model list for essential medicines
Speaker: Stanley Kowalski, University of New Hampshire School of Law
Comments: Richard Laing, WHO
- Understanding the patent status of Antiretroviral Drugs – a Medicines Patent Pool/WIPO collaboration
Speaker: Ellen 't Hoen, Medicines Patent Pool
- Global patent landscape on patenting activities in the field of vaccines
Speaker: Martin Friede, WHO
- A freedom to operate analysis of dengue vaccines. The comparative role of IP in achieving access
Speaker: Richard Mahoney, International Vaccines Institute
Discussion
Moderator: Konji Sebati, WIPO
|
| 13h00 – 14h30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14h30 – 16h00 |
Session 3: Practicalities of Patent Information Use – Gaps and Needs
- Overview of patent information resources: WIPO experiences on legal status information
Speaker: Lutz Mailänder, WIPO
- Access to medicines: patent information in pharmaceutical procurement
Speaker: Sophie Logez, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Using patent information in managing practical access scenarios
Speaker: Tahir Amin, Intellectual Property Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK)
Discussion
Moderator: Mathias Schaeli, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
|
| 16h00 – 16h30 |
Break |
| 16h30 – 17h45 |
Session 4: Panel Discussion: Strengthening the information base for access to medicine strategies – taking stock of experience and charting future directions
Panelists:
- Rajiv I. Modi, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
- Eric Notegen, IFPMA / F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd.
- Gitanjali Sakhuga, UNICEF
- John Kabare, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
Moderators: Anatole Krattiger, WIPO and Antony Taubman, WTO
|
| 17h45 – 18h00 |
Closing Session
Speaker: Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO
Moderator: Johannes Christian Wichard, WIPO
|