DIIP Monthly Update – October 2017
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of October 2017.
Innovation & Development
Research Paper 82, November 2017
The International Debate on Generic Medicines of Biological Origin
The debate on generic medicines is not new. What makes it different today is that attacks levelled against biological products are couched in ever more “technical” and abstruse language that confuses even the World Health Organization (WHO).
SouthViews No. 156, 26 October 2017
Intellectual Property for the TwentyFirst-Century Economy
By Joseph E. Stiglitz , Dean Baker , Arjun Jayadev
Developing countries are increasingly pushing back against the intellectual property regime foisted on them by the advanced economies over the last 30 years. They are right to do so, because what matters is not only the production of knowledge, but also that it is used in ways that put the health and wellbeing of people ahead of corporate profits. (more…)
Policy Brief 45, October 2017
The Value Added of the United Nations General Assembly High–Level Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance
In September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York held a dedicated meeting to muster strong political commitment for an effective global response to the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). As a result, a High-Level Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance was adopted.
South Centre News on AMR 9, 24 October 2017
G77 and China highlights priorities for tackling AMR
DIIP Monthly Update – September 2017
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of September 2017.
SC Side Event to the 57th WIPO Assemblies, 4 October 2017
Title: The WIPO Development Agenda
Date: 4 October 2017, 13:00-15:00
Venue: Room B, WIPO Headquarters, Geneva
Organizer: The South Centre
Statement, October 2017
South Centre Statement to the Fifty-Seventh Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO
The South Centre is participating in the WIPO Assemblies being held from 2 to 11 October 2017 in Geneva. Read the South Centre statement here.
South Centre News on AMR 5, 20 September 2017
World running out of antibiotics, says WHO in new reports
DIIP Monthly Update – August 2017
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of August 2017.
South Centre News on AMR 4, 6 September 2017
Growing impetus to making AMR an integral issue in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Research Paper 79, September 2017
Access to and Benefit-Sharing of Marine Genetic Resources beyond National Jurisdiction: Developing a New Legally Binding Instrument
This paper examines the underlying principles and main elements of binding and non-binding international instruments relating to access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources. It discusses the gap left by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and some of the elements that might be considered in developing a new legally-binding instrument on access and benefit-sharing derived from the exploitation of marine genetic resources found in areas beyond national jurisdiction, as mandated by the United Nations General Assembly. (more…)