UAEM in WHO’s CIPIH

UAEM's Statement of Principles is included in the recently released report by the WHO's Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH; http://www.who.int/intellectualproperty, see section on Public Sector and University Patenting, p. 73). The Commission was formed in 2004 to study how current intellectual property regimes and other incentive and funding mechanisms are addressing the development of treatments for diseases that primarily affect the global poor. The commission's specific recommendation concerning public-sector and university intellectual property management is as follows (p.74):

Public research institutions and universities in developed countries should seriously consider initiatives designed to ensure that access to R&D outputs relevant to the health concerns of developing countries and to products derived therefrom, are facilitated through appropriate licensing policies and practices.