Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Intellectual Property Law Blogs -> Intellectual Property Watch

Intellectual Property Law

: Intellectual Property Watch

Health Initiative Proposes Rewarding Innovation On Impact Results; Some See Hurdles

By Intellectual Property Watch

An alternative initiative to promote access to medicine with a method mimicking market mechanisms means to create additional incentives for health innovation, authors of the proposal said yesterday. But other health actors have reservations. A public event was organised yesterday to discuss how the Health Impact Fund (HIF) could fit within existing structures and what challenges it could face.

Related Articles:

• WHO Members Near Deal On IP, Innovation And Public Health, With Key Question
• ECOSOC Adopts Resolutions On Digital Divide, HIV/AIDS, But Hurdles Remain
• New WHO Faces On IP, Innovation; Matsoso Named South Africa Health Director

Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on May 04, 2010 (boomark / email).