Open Access Policy In International Organisations
Open access is “part of the DNA” of international intergovernmental organisations, Charlotte Beauchamp, head of editorial and design at the World Intellectual Property Organization, said during a...
View ArticleInformal And Formal Seed Systems, Usually Enemies, Can It Be Otherwise?
Can the farmer seed system most widely used in the world, and the system of seeds produced by plant breeders certified and protected by intellectual property rights, be complementary? The question was...
View ArticleG20: Security, Trade, Climate, Trump Diplomacy Overshadow Health, IT, Innovation
On the eve of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, German politicians described positions on free trade and climate as the most difficult issues. Expectations from civil society groups in the G20...
View ArticleG20 Reaches Agreement Against Terrorism, Appears To Target Encryption
At the G20 meeting in Hamburg today, the German hosts chose a retreat over the fight against terrorism as a warm-up, before turning to the controversial topics of free trade and climate change....
View ArticleG20: 19 Against 1 On Climate Change; Affordable Antimicrobials, Vaccines Planned
The G20 governments against some odds passed a joint communique today, but had to accept differences on climate and in one point also on free trade. The US delegation remained firm in their decision to...
View ArticleIndustry Launches Transnational Alliance Against Illicit Trade
An international industry alliance against illicit trade in a broad range of sectors was launched this week, aimed at reducing "staggering losses" by targeting supply chains, including transportation,...
View ArticleThe Many Layers Of Best Practices In The Fight Against Counterfeiting, Piracy
Landlocked Switzerland never had to face pirates in seafaring days, but these days Stop Piracy – the Bern-based Swiss anti-counterfeiting and piracy platform - is actively united in fighting this 21st...
View ArticleNew MPP-Gilead License For HIV Treatment
The Medicines Patent Pool today announced a new licence with Gilead Sciences for a medicine which in combination with others would offer a once-daily, single-tablet HIV treatment.
View ArticleGlobal Fund For AIDS, TB & Malaria Narrows Director Candidates To Four
The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today it has narrowed the search to four high-level candidates, coming from backgrounds in banking, development agencies and United Nations...
View ArticleExclusive: As Global Fund Board Meets To Choose New Director, Sands Seeks To...
Days after withdrawing from consideration to be the next director of the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the UK's Peter Sands has asked to be reinstated. The actions come as the Fund's...
View ArticleGlobal Fund Chooses Former UK Banker Peter Sands As New Director
The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today selected Peter Sands, a former bank CEO who is involved in health projects at the World Bank and elsewhere, as its next...
View ArticleAccess To Affordable Healthcare: A Global Wake-Up Call Fosters Coalition Of...
NEW DELHI -- Few topics in the global health agenda are as contentious as access to affordable medicines and medical care, and expectedly, divergent views permeated the discussions at a high-level...
View ArticleNew Standards Projects At IEEE On Ethics Of Autonomous And Intelligent Systems
Coming at perhaps a critical time, global standards-setting organisation IEEE has announced three new standards projects relating to ethics and robots and autonomous systems.
View ArticleInternational Court Of Justice Judges Getting Pulled Into Investor-State Cases
According to a study by a watchdog group released this week, numerous judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have worked or are working on at least 90 investor-state dispute settlement...
View ArticleWHO, World Bank Say Half The World Population Cannot Access Essential Health...
According to a report released today by the World Health Organization and the World Bank, at least half the world's population is lacking access to essential health services. Out of pocket expenses...
View ArticleG-Finder Report: Global Funding For R&D In Neglected Diseases Increasing,...
A report released today on global funding of research and development for neglected diseases found that global funding has increased but warns that overreliance on funding from the United States, which...
View ArticleLondon Declaration Report Shows Progress But More Needed Against Neglected...
A newly released report by the wide-ranging joint London Declaration initiative to fight neglected tropical diseases shows progress in elimination of diseases and the number of people treated. However,...
View ArticleInternet Governance Forum Opening: Wish List For An Open, Trustworthy,...
The Internet Governance Forum opened yesterday at the United Nations in Geneva, coming back to its origins, and as the opening ceremony resounded with Swiss alphorn, speakers insisted on the urgency to...
View ArticleFriends, Foes Of Big Data Discuss Its Promise For Development, Privacy Issues
Big data and artificial intelligence hold promise for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, but risks associated with extensive data collection should not be minimised, according...
View ArticleTop IP-Watch Stories Of 2017: What Do They Tell Us About Multilateral IP Policy?
What IP-Watch stories were readers reading most in 2017, and what does it say about the state of global intellectual property policy? In this article, we look at the most-trafficked stories of last...
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