Presentation and Discussion with Professor Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University

July 15, 2020 | 5:00-6:00 pm EST
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In Global Health Impact – Extending Access to Essential Medicines, Professor Nicole Hassoun proposes a novel approach to evaluate the impact of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical companies. The approach

  • Addresses questions and relies on methodology that is interdisciplinary in nature, covering fields of study including economics, political science, public policy, sociology, geography, and philosophy.
  • Emphasizes empirical evidence as critical to assessing the capabilities and capacities of agents and institutions and valuing how facts inform political theory.
  • Considers the obligations of pharmaceutical companies and the case for a new kind of ethical investment and consumption to promote global health from the perspective of bioethicists and business ethicists.

Global Health Impact data is available at https://global-health-impact.org/index.php

This webinar is hosted by the FTA-Medicines-Empirics Network, an informal group formed at the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in 2018. Its goal is to advance the empirical study of the impact of TRIPS-Plus Free Trade Agreements (and FTA provisions) on access to pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and diagnostics. To join the email list, visit tinyurl.com/fme-subscribe

Our next webinar will be a presentation of the MedsPal Database, by Amina Maillard, on September 15 at 10am EST. The MedsPal Database is a free resource from the Medicines Patent Pool that provides information on the intellectual property status of selected patent essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).