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Patents and Access
  This page provides information concerning the Oversight of Patents and Access study topic.  
  This page provides a summary of the sessions concerning this topic that have been held at SACGHS meetings so you can review the transcripts, presentation materials, and webcasts for the sessions that dealt with the topic.  
 
SACGHS Meetings  
 

July 10, 2007 - Session on Gene Patents and Licensing Practices  
  Opening Remarks  
  James P. Evans, M.D., Ph.D.
SACGHS Gene Patents Task Force Chair
 
  Slides  Webcast   
 
  Update on U.S. Patent Reform Initiatives  
  Judge Pauline Newman
Circuit Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
 
  Webcast   
 
  Q&A  
  Webcast   
 

International Roundtable on Gene Patents and Licensing Practices  
  Overview of the International Gene Patents & Licensing Practices Landscape  
  Richard Gold, S.J.D, LL.M., LL.B.
Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy
McGill University
 
  Slides  Webcast   

Intellectual Property and National Health Systems: Case Studies of BRCA Testing in Canada and the United Kingdom  
  BRCA Testing in Canada  
  Richard Gold, S.J.D, LL.M., LL.B.
Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy
McGill University
 
  Slides  Webcast   
  BRCA Testing in the United Kingdom  
  Shobita Parthasarathy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Public Policy
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
 
  Slides  Webcast   
 
  Q&A  
  Webcast   
 

  Public Comments  
  Webcast   
 

July 10, 2007 - Session on Gene Patents and Licensing Practices (continued)  
  Comparison of the Patent System of the U.S. and Select Countries  
  Joseph Straus, Ph.D.
Professor of Law, University of Munich
Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
Chairman, Managing Board of the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center
 
  Slides  Webcast   
  Comparison of the Patent System of the U.S. and Select Countries  
  Bhaven Sampat, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research
Columbia University School of Public Health
 
  Slides  Webcast   
  Q&A  
  Webcast   
 

International Reports and Recommendations Regarding Gene Patents, Licensing Strategies, and Genetic Tests  
  John Barton, J.D.
George E. Osborne Professor of Law, Emeritus
Stanford Law School
 
  Slides  Webcast   
 
  Christina Sampogna, LL.M.
Administrator
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
 
  Slides  Webcast   
 
  Q&A  
  Webcast   
 
  Patents Discussion/Next Steps  
  Webcast   
 

Session on Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Genetic Tests  
  Public Health Surveillance of Awareness and Use of Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing  
  Katrina A.B. Goddard, Ph.D.
Fellow, National Office of Public Health Genomics, CDC
Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University
 
  Slides  Webcast   

March 27, 2007 - Gene Patents and Licensing Practices Session  
  Overview of Session  
  Jim Evans, M.D., Ph.D.  
  Slides  - Webcast   
 
  Primer on Intellectual Property  
  Jorge Goldstein, J.D., Ph.D.  
  Slides  - Webcast   
 
  Federal Sector Role  
  Claire Driscoll, J.D.  
  Slides  - Webcast   
 
  Private Sector Role  
  Lin Sun-Hoffman, Ph.D., J.D.  
  Slides  - Webcast   
 
  Public Comments  
  Webcast   
 
  Policy Primer on Patents Related to Genetic Testing  
  Robert Cook-Deegan, M.D.  
  Slides  - Webcast   
 
  Update on the Status of the SACGHS Study  
  Drs. Evans, Cook-Deegan and
Christopher Conover, Ph.D.
 
  Slides  - Webcast   
 

November 13, 2006 - Gene Patents and Licensing Session  
  Report from the SACGHS Task Force on Gene Patents and Licensing Practices  
  James P. Evans, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, SACGHS Task Force on Gene Patents and Licensing Practices
 
  Slides  - Webcast  - Transcript   
 
  Public Comments  
  Webcast  - Transcript   
 

June 27, 2006 - Patents and Licensing Session  
 
  Patenting and Licensing Fundamentals and the Nature of the Access Problem  
  Debra Leonard, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, SACGHS Task Force on Patents and Access
 
  Slides  Webcast  Transcript   
 
  Data and Analysis of the Impact of DNA-based Patents on Access to Genetic Technologies and Services  
  Mildred K. Cho, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Genetics)
Stanford University School of Medicine
 
  Slides  Webcast  Transcript   
 
  The Role and Economic Impact of Gene Patents in Drug and Diagnostics Development  
  Mark McCamish, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Perlegen Sciences
 
  Slides  Webcast  Transcript   
 
  Full Panel Roundtable Discussion and Full Committee Discussion and Next Steps  
  Facilitator: Dr. Leonard  
  Webcast  Transcript   
 
  Public Comments  
  Webcast  Transcript   
 

March 28, 2006 - Patents and Licensing Session  
 
  Session Overview and Framing the Topic  
  Debra Leonard, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, SACGHS Task Force on Patents and Access
 
  Slides  Webcast  Transcript   
 
  Briefing on the Report of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Genomics and Protein Research and Innovation  
  David Korn, M.D.
Member, NAS Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Genomics and Protein Research and Innovation
 
  Slides  Webcast  Transcript   
 
  Q&A Session  
  Webcast  Transcript   
 
  Perspectives of the Task Force on the NAS Report and Proposed Recommendations  
  Dr. Leonard  
  Slides  Webcast  Transcript   
 
  Full Committee Discussion  
  Webcast  Transcript   
 

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