[ox-en] Free pharma research?
- From: Stefan Merten <smerten oekonux.de>
- Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 22:19:58 +0200
Hi lists!
The medicines-sans-frontiers (Ärzte ohne Grenzen) together with others
founded the "Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative":
http://www.dndi.org/
From their front page:
DNDi, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, is a
not-for-profit initiative that aims to research and develop drugs
for millions of people debilitated by neglected diseases by using
existing R&D capacity in both rich and poor countries. It also aims
to raise awareness of the need for immediate action in this field.
This *may* be an initiative for developing patent free drugs. However,
I didn't find about their position on patents. On their contact form
therefore I asked them
The web site seems rather new so my question may be answered by the
web site in the future. However, at the moment I can't find an
answer to this question: What is the position of DNDi to patents and
other intellectual property issues? Of course I'm particularly
interested in potential intellectual property issues rising from the
activity of DNDi itself.
If I get an answer I'll ask whether I may distribute the answer to you.
Mit Freien Grüßen
Stefan
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