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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hein und Suerie Moon präsentieren ihr Buch: Informal Norms in Global Governance: Human Rights, Intellectual Property Rules and Access to Medicines
Pharmaceutical drugs require significant investment in research and development, while the pure production costs of medicines are relatively low. In industrialised countries, patent protection developed as a way to secure a return on investment. But when patent rules were globalised in the 1990s a serious problem of contemporary global governance arose: international rules on intellectual property rights could easily make the price of lifesaving medicines unaffordable in developing countries, and thereby conflict with the realisation of basic human rights.
Wolfgang Hein and Suerie Moon recount the remarkable story of the global social movement for access to medicines and offer an explanation for how the informal, but powerful norm that every person should have access to essential medicines emerged after a decade of heated political contestation and against long odds. In their book Informal Norms in Global Governance: Human Rights, Intellectual Property Rules and Access to Medicines they consider ongoing negotiations amongst countries at the World Health Organization over alternate approaches to stimulate medical innovation that will be more compatible with the realisation of human rights.
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Robert Kappel (GIGA)
Information on participating / attending:
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The talk will be held in English.
Date:
11/14/2013 18:00 - 11/14/2013 19:30
Registration deadline:
11/11/2013
Event venue:
GIGA Berlin Büro
Friedrichstraße 206
1. Stock
10969 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
10/25/2013
Sender/author:
Verena Schweiger
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event45360
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