R&D

What Purpose Unitaid’s Patent Pool?

Author: Alec van Gelder

Publication date:

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

This paper examines the wisdom of Unitaid's new patent pool for AIDS treatments, considering the weaknesses in the case for such a pool, the lessons from historical examples and the likely consequences for research and development.

Killing the malaria killer

IPN Opinion article

Author: Richard Tren

On World Malaria Day, activists and governments discuss many weapons against the disease except one of the most effective: DDT 

Building on original breakthroughs

IPN Letters

Author: Philip Stevens

A response to John Kay's article "Innovation is not about wearing a white coat" (16 December 2009)

Civil Society commentary on the WHO's Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property

Publication date:

Monday, October 1, 2007

This is a response from 25 civil society groups from around the world to the draft "Plan of Action" recently issued by the WHO's Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health