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DESCRIPTION:The 91ºÚÁÏÍø Research Group on Health and Law (RGHL)\, in collabo
 ration with the Institute for Health and Social Policy\, are proud to host
  Thomas Pogge\, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs\
 , Yale University\, for the RGHL's sixth annual lecture.  The talk is free
  and open to the public\, however space is limited. Kindly RSVP to rghl.la
 w [at] mcgill.ca.  This activity is accredited by the Barreau du Québec fo
 r 1.5 hours of continuing legal education (activity no 10075976). Please s
 pecify if a member of the Barreau when you RSVP.  Abstract  One-third of a
 ll human lives end in early death from poverty-related causes. Many of the
 se premature deaths are avoidable through global health system reforms\, i
 ncluding to the existing patent regime. The latter provides incentives for
  the development and distribution of new medicines\; but it also leaves ga
 ps\, especially in poor regions. The Health Impact Fund (HIF) is a mechani
 sm intended to fill these gaps and to improve access to new medicines worl
 dwide.  The HIF would give pharmaceutical innovators the option to be rewa
 rded according to the incremental health impact of their product rather th
 an through a patent-protected mark-up. The HIF would stimulate the develop
 ment of high-impact medicines (especially for currently neglected diseases
 )\, would ensure availability at low cost\, and would encourage innovators
  to market such medicines with the aim of reducing the global disease burd
 en.  The feasibility of this reform shows that the existing medical-patent
  regime is severely unjust. Professor Pogge will (a) introduce the HIF pro
 posal and its moral justification\, (b) discuss its implementation\, fundi
 ng\, and economic viability\, (c) explain its advantages for pharmaceutica
 l firms as well as the benefits for the health and welfare of affluent and
  poor populations and (d) report on efforts to pilot the HIF idea in parti
 cular jurisdictions.  About the speaker  Having received his PhD in philos
 ophy from Harvard\, Thomas Pogge is Leitner Professor of Philosophy and In
 ternational Affairs and Director of the Global Justice Program at Yale. He
  is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science as well as President of A
 cademics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP)\, an international network aiming to
  enhance the impact of scholars\, teachers and students on global poverty\
 , and of Incentives for Global Health\, a team effort toward developing a 
 complement to the pharmaceutical patent regime that would improve access t
 o advanced medicines for the poor worldwide (www.healthimpactfund.org). Po
 gge's recent publications include Politics as Usual (Polity 2010)\; World 
 Poverty and Human Rights (Polity 2008)\; John Rawls: His Life and Theory o
 f Justice (Oxford 2007)\; and Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right (Oxfor
 d & UNESCO 2007).     
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (room 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q
 C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:RGHL/IHSP Annual Lecture with Thomas Pogge: Paying for Health Impac
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URL:/law/channels/event/rghlihsp-annual-lecture-thomas
 -pogge-paying-health-impact-229885
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