Workshop on the economics of innovation of product development partnerships (PDPs) for neglected diseases

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Date 03.04.2014
Hour 09:0014:00
Speaker Divers
Location
South Centre, 17-19 Chemin du Champ d’Anier, 1208, Geneva
Category Conferences - Seminars
9:00 – 9:30
Welcome and registration

9:30 – 10:00
Session 1: study presentations
Public-private partnerships in global health
German Velasquez, Special Advisor on Health and Development, South Centre

10:00 - 10:45
Can medical products be developed on a non- profit basis? Exploring PDPs for neglected diseases
Viviana Munoz, Manager IAKP, South Centre, and PHD researcher, EPFL

10:45 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00
Session 2: interactive panel
What is the future of product development partnerships?

Chair: Dominique Foray, Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation, EPFL
Patrick Gaule, Assistant Professor at CERGE, Czech Republic
Paul Herrling, Paul Herrling, Chair, Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases
Jean François Alesandrini, Director of Policy and Fundraising, DNDi
Keith Neroutsos, Director of Procurement, and Steve Brooke, Advisor, Commercialization, PATH
Carlos Correa, Special Advisor on IP and Trade, South Centre


12:00 – 13:00
Questions and answers

Practical information

  • General public
  • Registration required

Organizer

  • The South Centre and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, with the support of the Swiss Network for International Studies

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