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Follow on Google News | International Thought Leaders Work To Protect Innovation To Address Global Public Health NeedsEssentialInnovation.org launches; Website is the new global resource for serious dialogue on intellectual property rights’ role in advancing research and innovation
The launch of http://www.EssentialInnovation.org coincides with increased attacks on intellectual property (IP) by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and governments. In a number of countries, notably Thailand and Brazil, recognized IP protections for life-saving medicines are being tossed aside under the guise of promoting greater access. The World Health Organization (WHO) in November will also consider policy guidelines that significantly weaken IP protections on pharmaceuticals. "Intellectual property rights are under attack from governments and global regulatory bodies," said Juliano Froehner, advisor to Essential Innovation and Asst. Professor, Researcher on Innovation Management, University of São Paulo. "Patients around the world are in desperate need of new therapies to treat a variety of conditions. We need strong IP protection to encourage Brazil's creative class, and the creative classes in countries around the world, to go for it and develop the next line of life-saving medicine." According to Froehner, anti-IP messaging has saturated the discourse around this debate, and http://www.essentialinnovation.org was created to provide a platform for innovators. "This is an all-volunteer effort to provide a resource for anyone -- media, NGOs, government officials, academics -- looking for information from the scientists, researchers and inventors who are actually developing new medicine around the world. The Internet is littered with biased opinions about innovation from a small group of activists who have never done anything to advance science to save lives. This is most apparent in the claims from MSF, Oxfam and others that the patent system does not produce innovation. Nothing could be more patently absurd." Essential Innovation will aggregate content from the scholarship of academia, researchers and inventive communities around the world and will also introduce unique, never-seen-before material. Website content will include the work of “featured contributors,” “The role of IP in the production of life-saving therapies is complicated, as are the real hindrances to access. It is our goal to provide compelling facts and information that will explain how IP cultivates innovation and provides a catalyst for developing new medicines to fight disease,” said Froehner. Essential Innovation Advisory Board •Cristina Theodore Assimakopoulos, Head of Intellectual Property Division of FAPESP, State of São Paulo Research Foundation •Maria Ester Dal Poz, Public Policy Advisor to the dean of UNIFESP - Federal University of São Paulo •Andreas Freytag, Professor of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller- •Juliano Froehner, Asst. Professor, Researcher on Innovation Management, University of São Paulo •F. Scott Kieff, Professor of Law, Washington University and Hoover Institution Fellow, Stanford University •William Marandola, Executive Manager, COINFAR Research and Development •Michael P. Ryan, Director Creative and Innovative Economy Center, George Washington University Law School •Juliana Viegas, Former President, Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property Essential Inovation Featured Contributors (as of 24 October) •Cristina Theodore Assimakopoulos, Head of Intellectual Property Division of FAPESP, State of São Paulo Research Foundation •Daniele Capezzone,President of the 10th Permanent Commission for Productive Affairs, Trade and Tourism of the Italian Chamber of Deputies •Ronald A. Cass, Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law •Maria Ester Dal Poz, Public Policy Advisor to the dean of UNIFESP - Federal University of São Paulo •Benedetto Della Vedova, Member of the Italian Parliament, Chamber of Deputies •Andreas Freytag, Professor of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller- •Juliano Froehner, Asst. Professor, Researcher on Innovation Management, University of São Paulo •Tom Giovanetti, President, Institute for Policy Innovation •Waldemar Ingdahl, Founder and Director, Eudoxa •F. Scott Kieff, Professor of Law, Washington University and Hoover Institution Fellow, Stanford University •Martin Krause, Professor of Institutional Economics and Business Economics, ESEADE Graduate School •William Marandola, Executive Manager, COINFAR Research and Development •Barun S. Mitra, Managing Trustee, Liberty Institute, India •Julian Morris, Executive Director, International Policy Network •Daniel de Oliveira, Intellectual Property Division of UNIFESP - Federal University of São Paulo •Gernot Pehnelt, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich-Schiller- •James P. Pinkerton, Columnist at Newsday •Maria Bernadete de Noronha Dantas Rossetto, Coordinator of the Intellectual Property Division of UNIFESP - Federal University of São Paulo •Michael P. Ryan, Director Creative and Innovative Economy Center, George Washington University Law School •Tomasz Teluk, Director and Founder of the Globalization Institute •Richard Tren, Director, Africa Fighting Malaria •Juliana Viegas, Former President, Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property Editors Note: Media are welcome to access private moderated “members-only” # # # Essential Innovation is a new international forum for serious discussions regarding protection of intellectual property rights to advance research, development and innovation. The forum is a voice for the international creative class – the millions of innovators working to invent products and services that save lives and make our lives better. Website: www.essentialinnovation.org End
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