A World Health Organisation Commission on Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation has delayed its report, due to disagreements amongst its members. The Commission is analysing how incentives and funding mechanisms may be created for research into, and the development of, medicines for diseases that “disproportionately affect developing countries”. Full story at IP Watch. Short quote over the fold.

Via IPWatch:

World Health Organisation commission on intellectual property rights has failed to meet its deadline for a report that was to be presented to the WHO Executive Board later this month because of disagreement among its members.

The WHO Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH) was set up in February 2004 based on a 2003 World Health Assembly resolution (WHA56.27). Its mission is to collect data from different actors involved in intellectual property rights, innovation and public health and to analyse how incentives and funding mechanisms may be created for research into, and the development of, medicines for diseases that “disproportionately affect developing countries,” the CIPIH says.

The January 2006 deadline was already a postponement, as the 2003 WHA resolution requested the commission to present a final report “with concrete proposals” to the executive board at its 115th session, in January 2005. At the 116th session, which took place 26-28 May 2005, it was agreed the report should be ready in time for the 117th session of the WHO Executive Board set to meet on 23-28 January, 2006.

According to IPWatch, members of the Commission are in disagreement; there will be further discussion in mid Jan. For more detail, including members of the Commission and the history of the report, go to IPWatch.

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