Dear All,
I have a question for which I would love to have the opinion of this
community: in how far are patents representing a barrier to access to
medical devices in resource-poor countries? When I was in charge of IP,
in my former life as an exec in a medical devices company, we strictly
never filed any IP in those countries, but this might be due to the
specific technology we were selling (rehabilitation products).
The situation for medical devices is certainly different from drugs
where you have generics and compulsory licensing (see TRIPS agreement)
however, I wonder if this question has surfaced in any way in your
experience.
Cordial greetings to all
Klaus
–
/Dr. Klaus Schönenberger, PhD/
/The Essential Medical Devices Foundation/
+41 21 534 33 64
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>>> On 7/20/2010 at 10:24 AM, in message <4C455D2B.7030008@gmail.com>, Klaus Schönenberger<klaus.schonenberger@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
I have a question for which I would love to have the opinion of this community: in how far are patents representing a barrier to access to medical devices in resource-poor countries? When I was in charge of IP, in my former life as an exec in a medical devices company, we strictly never filed any IP in those countries, but this might be due to the specific technology we were selling (rehabilitation products).
The situation for medical devices is certainly different from drugs where you have generics and compulsory licensing (see TRIPS agreement) however, I wonder if this question has surfaced in any way in your experience.
Cordial greetings to all
Klaus
Dr.Klaus Schönenberger , PhD
The Essential Medical Devices Foundation
http://www.essentialmed.org
+41 21 534 33 64
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