Following growing concern about the sustainability of healthcare systems, in the summer of 2016 EU Health Ministers invited the European Commission (EC) to undertake a review of the Intellectual Property (IP) incentives that underpin biomedical innovation. This document is a joint statement by a coalition
Asian thought leaders meet in Beijing to talk innovation, trade and health policy Many Asian countries are increasingly looking to the knowledge economy to complete the transition from middle-income to high income status. What are the policies that drive innovation and how are Asian countries
Alors que les populations sud africaines ont un besoin cruel de médicaments, les nouveaux médicaments ont un mal fou à pénétrer le marché du pays. Pourquoi ? Dans leur article, Urbach et Stevens, dénoncent la lourdeur de la réglementation sud africaine qui entrave lourdement la
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in The MalayMail Online on 25th October 2016 Think tanks: Dengue Vaccine can save half of Malaysia’s RM735m dengue cost PETALING JAYA, Oct 25 ― Two think tanks argue that Malaysia can half the estimated US$175.7 million (RM735.3 million) economic
The UN High Level Report on Access to medicines threatens the nascent boom in biopharmaceutical R&D in middle-income such as India and China, according to Geneva Network, a UK-based research organisation working on international trade, health and intellectual property issues. Since China and India upgraded
Our research on the impact of increased periods of data exclusivity in Japan and Canada on pharmaceutical spending is mentioned in this Washington Post article.
Countries need to commit to abolishing import tariffs on drugs Geneva, September 29, 2015 ─ A new study from Geneva Network has found that the global volume of trade in medicines that have their price increased by tariffs is growing at 21% per year. This
What’s happened in the first six months of Geneva Network – new studies on IP, health and trade. Find out more
Geneva Network co-hosted its first event on 21 May, in Singapore, with our friends at SEANET. The aim was to cast some light over the debate about TPP and health, which so far has been rather apocalyptic. Prof Elizabeth Ng of the National University of