2 posts from month 07/2009

New initiatives to cure diseases of the poor world, The Economist

The Economist,  July 16, 2009 HEALTH-CARE activists have long maintained that the system for granting patents on drugs denies the poor access to essential medicines and discourages pharmaceutical firms from collaborating to develop new ones for neglected diseases. Several initiatives announced this week, some focused on collaboration and ...

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The Initiative for Open Innovation (IOI) is officially launched!

IOI July 13 Press Release,  July 13, 2009 CEO Richard Jefferson launches the Initiative for Open Innovation in a invited speech at the UN sponsored meeting on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues, in Geneva July 13 & 14. The Initiative for Open Innovation (IOI) is a new global facility dedicated to making the world’s patent ...

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