This web page reports on the work of a committee formed to implement paragraph 2.3(c) of the World Health Assembly’s Global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property (WHA61.21).

2.3 Improving cooperation, participation and coordination of health and biomedical research and development.

(c) encourage further exploratory discussions on the utility of possible instruments or mechanisms for essential health and biomedical R&D, including inter alia, an essential health and biomedical R&D treaty.

For more information, contact Thirukumaran Balasubramaniam: thiru@keionline.org.