All International sources

 
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Keith E. Maskus - Parallel Imports in Pharmaceuticals: Implications for Competition and Prices in Developing Countries - Final Report to WIPO - April 2001 - (85 pages) http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/studies/pdf/ssa_maskus_pi.pdf 
Christopher Heath - Parallel Imports and International Trade - WIPO - (12 pages) http://www.wipo.org/sme/en/documents/pdf/atrip_gva_99_6.pdf 
K Balasubramaniam - Equitable Pricing, Affordability and Access to Essential Drugs in Developing Countries: Consumers Perspective - WTO - (12 pages) http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/hosbjor_presentations_e/35balasubramaniam_e.pdf 
WHO - Lignes Directrices Opérationnelles pour les Comités d’Ethique chargés de l’évaluation de la Recherche Biomédicale - 2000 - (19 pages) http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/publications/pdf/ethicsfr.pdf 
Critique internationale des essais suisses de prescription d’héroïne Rapport de la Commission externe d’experts de l’OMS Prises de position de l’Organe international de contrôle des stupéfiants (OICS) - (53 pages) http://www.aegd.ch/pdf/kritik_franz.PDF 
Helsinki Declaration - World Medical Association - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects - last amendment 52nd WMA General Assembly, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2000 - (5 pages) http://www.wma.net/e/policy/17c.pdf 
WTO - Ministerial Declaration - Adopted on 14 November 2001 - (10 pages) http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/min01_e/mindecl_e.pdf 
WTO -Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health - Adopted on 14 November 2001 - (2 pages) http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/min01_e/mindecl_trips_e.pdf 
WTO - Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns - Decision of 14 November 2001 - (8 pages)  http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/min01_e/mindecl_implementation_e.pdf 
Conseil de l'Europe Comité des Ministres Recommandation No R(90)3 du Comité des Ministres aux Etats membres sur la recherche médicale sur l'être humain adoptée par le Comité des Ministres le 6 février 1990 http://www.inserm.fr/ethique/Ethique.nsf/397fe8563d75f39bc12563f60028ec43/325e8f4b601fa154c125675400383408?OpenDocument 
COMITE DIRECTEUR POUR LA BIOETHIQUE (CDBI) - Développement dans le domaine de la bioéthique dans les Etats membres,
dans les autres Etats et dans les organisations internationales - Strasbourg, le 26 Octobre 2001 - (83 pages)
http://www.legal.coe.int/bioethics/pdf/CDBI-INF(2001)6F.pdf 
CIOMS - International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects - Revised draft, January 2002 http://www.cioms.ch/frame_guidelines_january_2002.htm 
CIOMS - The Declaration of Inuyama - Human Genome Mapping, Genetic Screening and Gene Therapy http://www.cioms.ch/frame_1990_texts_of_guidelines.htm 
CIOMS - International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals (1985) http://www.cioms.ch/frame_1985_texts_of_guidelines.htm 
Global Forum for Health Research - home page - "to help correct the 10/90 gap by focusing research efforts on diseases representing the heaviest burden on the world's health " http://www.globalforumhealth.org/pages/index.asp 
Global Forum for Health Research - Monitoring Financial Flows for Health Research (publication of 5 chapters) http://www.globalforumhealth.org/FilesUpld/20.pdf 
Global Forum for Health Research - The 10/90 Report on Health Research 2000 - (publication of 7 chapters) http://www.globalforumhealth.org/non_compliant_pages/report00/00intro.pdf 
WHO WTO - Report of the Workship on differential pricing and financing of essential Drug - April 2001 - (27 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/edm_general/who-wto-hosbjor/wholereporthosbjorworkshop-fin-eng.pdf 
S. Jacobzone - Pharmaceutical Policies on OECD Countries : Reconciling Social and Industrial Goals - Labour Market and Social Policy - Occasional Papers No. 40 - (100 pages) http://www.olis.oecd.org/OLIS/2000DOC.NSF/c5ce8ffa41835d64c125685d005300b0/c125685b0057c558c12568c400331a1e/$FILE/00075948.PDF 
ICH - Guidance for Industry E 10 Choice of Control Group and Related Issues in Clinical Trials - May 2001 - (37 pages) http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/4155fnl.pdf 
U.S. - EC MRA (Mutual Recognition Agreement) Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices Annex - Sectoral Annex for Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices GMPs) - (29 pages) http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F2/mra/doc/mraecus.pdf 
U.S. - EC MRA - Joint Procedure for the Information Exchange of Serious or Life-Threatening Human / Animal Pharmaceutical Product Quality Defects and Recalls - (7 pages) http://www.emea.eu.int/pdfs/technical/mra/usa/008600en.pdf 
WHO - WHO Technical Report Series, No. 850, 1995, Annex 3 - Guidelines for good clinical practice (GCP) for trials on pharmaceutical products - (35 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/par/ggcp/GCPGuidePharmatrials.pdf 
WHO - General Guidelines for Methodologies on Research and Evaluation of Traditional Medicine - (80 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/who-edm-trm-2000-1/who-edm-trm-2000-1.pdf 
WHO - Criteria for Medicinal Drug Promotion - (8 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/dap/ethical-criteria/criteriamedicinal.pdf 
WHO, MSF and others - Sources and prices of selected drugs and diagnostics for people living with HIV/AIDS. May 2001 - (38 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/par/hivrelateddocs/sourcesandprices31may01.pdf 
WHO and UNAIDS - Patent situation of HIV/AIDS-related drugs in 80 countries - Geneva, January 2000 - (16 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/par/hivrelateddocs/patentshivdrugs.pdf 
WIPO (monthly) magazine 2002 (access to pdf files) http://www.wipo.org/publications/general/121/2002/index.html 
WHO - Application for Inclusion of didanosine on WHO Model List of Essential Medicines http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/edl/didanosine.doc 
WHO - Legal Status of Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine: A Worldwide Review - (199 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/who-edm-trm-2001-2/LegalStatus-final.pdf 
ILO - International Labour Organization - An ILO code of practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work - 2001 - (38 pages) http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/download/pdf/hiv_a4_e.pdf 
Oxfam - TRIPS and Public Health The next battle - (18 pages) http://www.cptech.org/files/Oxfam-Int-TRIPSPublicHealth.doc 
ICH - Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - ICH M2 EWG Electronic Common Technical Document Specification - 2002 - (160 pages) http://www.fda.gov/cder/m2/eCTD%20Step%202/eCTD%20Specification%20v2-0-1.pdf 
WHO - Draft Scaling Up Antiretroviral Therapy in Resource Limited Settings : Guidelines for a Public Health Approach - 2002 - (115 pages) http://www.who.int/HIV_AIDS/HIV_AIDS_Care/ARV_Draft_April_2002.pdf 
C. Correa - Patent Law, TRIPS, and R&D Incentives: A Southern Perspective - CMH Working Paper Series Paper No. WG2: 12 - (35 pages) http://www3.who.int/whosis/cmh/cmh_papers/e/pdf/wg2_paper11.pdf 
Recent Developments and Challenges in the Protection of intellectual property rights pharmaceuticals and biotechnological Inventions - May 2001 - (24 pages) http://www.wipo.org/ip-conf-bg/en/documents/pdf/sof01_2_5.pdf 
Priced out of Reach - How WTO patent policies will reduce access to medicines in the developing world - Oxfam 4 http://www.oxfam.org.uk/policy/papers/priced/priced.rtf 
WTO Patent Rules and Access to Medicines: The Pressure Mounts - June 2001 - Oxfam http://www.oxfam.org.uk/policy/papers/wtorules/wtorules.rtf 
Brian Martin - Against intellectual property - (28 pages) http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/98il/il03.pdf 
Geoff Tansey - Food, Power, Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge – A Food Systems Overview -UNCTAD Expert Meeting - 2000 - (22 pages) http://www.unctad.org/trade_env/docs/tansey.pdf 
Literature survey on intellectual property rights and sustainable human development Selected and compiled by Graham Dutfield February 2002 http://www.ictsd.org/unctad-ictsd/docs/bioblipr.pdf 
The 10/90 Report on Health Research 2001-2002 - Health research and global security - April 2002 http://www.globalforumhealth.org/FilesUpld/24.pdf  http://www.globalforumhealth.org/FilesUpld/25.pdf  http://www.globalforumhealth.org/FilesUpld/27.pdf 
WHO, WHO medicines strategy Expanding access to essential drugs Report by the Secretariat - (6 pages) http://www.who.int/gb/EB_WHA/PDF/WHA55/ea5512.pdf 
The Multilateral Trading System: A Development Perspective - Third World Network December 2001 United Nations Development Programme - (103 pages) http://www.undp.org/mainundp/propoor/docs/TWN%20text%20jan11.pdf 
UNDP - Global initiatives to create technologies for human development - Chapter 5 - (36 pages) http://www.undp.org/hdr2001/chapterfive.pdf 
WIPO - Striking a Balance: Patents and Access to Drugs and Health Care http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/studies/publications/health_care.htm 
Haiweb - NGO statement on Drug Policy at the 55th World Health Assembly May 2002: "Ensuring Accessibility of Essential Medicines" Resolution EB109.R17 http://www.haiweb.org/campaign/access/wha55/WHA55briefing.doc 
IFPMA Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices http://www.ifpma.org/ifpma4.html 
IFPMA International Pharmaceutical Issues http://www.ifpma.org/ifpma8a.html 
OECD - The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Revision 2000 - (67 pages) http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M000015000/M00015419.pdf 
OECD - The OECD Declaration and Decisions on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises : Basic Texts - (35 pages) http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2000doc.nsf/c5ce8ffa41835d64c125685d005300b0/c125692700623b74c1256991003b5147/$FILE/00085743.PDF 
ICH M2 EWG Electronic Common Technical Document Specification- Technical Requirements for registration of pharmaceuticals for human use - February 12, 2002 - (160 pages) http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/5017dft.pdf 
ICH Q1E - Draft Consensus Guideline Evaluation of Stability Data - 7 February 2002 http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/4983dft.pdf 
ICH Q1F Draft Consensus Guideline - Stability Data Package for Registration in Climatic Zones III and IV - February 7, 2002 - (5 pages) http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/4984dft.pdf 
WHO - Operational Guidelines for Ethics Committees That Review Biomedical Research - 2000 - (39 pages) http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/publications/pdf/ethics.pdf 
Constitution de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé du 22 juillet 1946; RS 0.810.1 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.810.1.fr.pdf 
Convention du 8 octobre 1970 pour la reconnaissance mutuelle des inspections concernant la fabrication des produits pharmaceutiques (avec notes explicatives); RS 0.812.101 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.101.fr.pdf 
Stability Testing of New Drug Substances and Products (Step 5) http://www.ifpma.org/pdfifpma/q1arstep4.pdf 
Guideline on Photostability Testing (Step 5) http://www.ifpma.org/pdfifpma/q1b.pdf 
Guideline on Stability Testing for New Dosage Forms Step 5 http://www.ifpma.org/pdfifpma/q1c.pdf 
Guideline on Impurities in New Drug Substances (Revised Guideline) (Step 3) http://www.ifpma.org/word/Q3Arstep2.doc 
Impurities in New Drug Products (Revised Guideline) (Step 3) http://www.ifpma.org/word/Q3Brstep2.doc 
Q6B Guideline on Biotechnological Substances (Step 5) http://www.ifpma.org/pdfifpma/Q6bstep4.pdf 
Q7A Guideline on Good Manufacturing Practices for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Step 5 http://www.ifpma.org/pdfifpma/Q7Astep4.PDF 
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) - home page http://www.phrma.org/ 
World Intellectual Property Organization - home page http://www.wipo.org/ 
Accord entre la Communauté européenne et la Confédération suisse relatif à la reconnaissance mutuelle en matière d’évaluation de la conformité - FF 1999 5847 - (80 pages) http://www.europa.admin.ch/ba/off/abkommen/f/abf_tbt.pdf 
WIPO, Parallel Imports in Pharmaceuticals: Implications for Competition and Prices in Developing Countries http://www.wipo.org/about-ip/en/studies/pdf/ssa_maskus_pi.pdf 
WIPO, Rules of Arbitration http://arbiter.wipo.int/arbitration/arbitration-rules/complete.html 
WIPO, Patent applications filed and patents granted during 1998 by country http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/publications/b/1998/i/pattab1.pdf 
WIPO, Broad Summary of Patents figures - 1998 - http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/publications/b/1998/i/broad1.pdf 
WIPO, Introduction to the Internaitonal phase of the PCT http://www.wipo.org/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/pdf/gdvol1.pdf 
WIPO, Introduction to the national phase of the PCT http://www.wipo.org/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/pdf/gdvol2.pdf 
WIPO, Rules of the Patent Cooperation Treaty - PCT http://www.wipo.org/pct/en/texts/articles/atoc.htm  
WIPO, Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) http://www.wipo.org/pct/en/texts/pdf/pct_regs.pdf 
WIPO, Administration instructions under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) - (89 pages) http://www.wipo.org/pct/en/texts/pdf/ai_01.pdf 
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine) (Oviedo Convention) - April 4, 1997 http://www.legal.coe.int/bioethics/gb/pdf/convention.pdf 
Explanatory Report to the Convention for thze Protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine convention on human rights and biomedicines - 36 pages) http://www.legal.coe.int/bioethics/gb/pdf/rapport.pdf 
Council of Europe - Recommendation 934 (1982) on genetic engineering http://stars.coe.fr/ta/ta82/erec934.htm 
Council of Europe - Recommendation 1046 (1986) on the use of human embryos and foetuses for diagnostic, therapeutic, scientific, industrial and commercial purposes http://stars.coe.fr/ta/ta86/erec1046.htm 
Council of Europe - RECOMMENDATION 1100 (1989)1 on the use of human embryos and foetuses in scientific research http://stars.coe.fr/ta/ta89/erec1100.htm 
Council of Europe - Recommendation 1240 (1994) on the protection and patentability of material of human origin http://stars.coe.fr/ta/ta94/erec1240.htm 
Council of Europe - Recommendation 1425 (1999) on Biotechnology and intellectual property http://stars.coe.fr/ta/ta99/erec1425.htm 
Council of Europe - Recommendation 1512 (2001) on the Protection of the human genome by the Council of Europe http://stars.coe.fr/ta/TA01/EREC1512.htm 
Council of Europe - Additional Protocol to the Oviedo Convention on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings and Explanatory report to the Protocol http://www.legal.coe.int/bioethics/gb/pdf/proto.pdf 
IBC, International Bioethics Committee - Working Group on genetic data - Draft Report on Collection, Treatment, Storage and Use of Genetic Data - September 3, 2001 http://www.unesco.org/ibc/en/reports/DraftRep_UseOf_GenData_E.pdf 
International Bioethics Committee (IBC)- The Use of Embryonic Stem Cells In Therapeutic Research - April 6, 2001 - (24 pages) http://www.unesco.org/ibc/en/reports/embryonic_ibc_report.pdf 
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - home page - "a non-governmental organization" & "a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 140 countries, one from each country". http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage 
Council of Europe, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocol No. 11 with Protocol Nos. 1, 4, 6 and 7 http://www.echr.coe.int/Convention/webConvenENG.pdf 
Council of Europe - home page http://www.coe.int/portalT.asp 
Council of Europe - Public Health page http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/default_eng.htm 
Public Health Committee - Committee of experts on cosmetic products -"Indicative catalogue of criteria for delimiting borderline situations between cosmetic and medicinal products" http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/Cosm%20claims%20catalogue.htm 
Council of Europe - Cosmétiques naturels - Notice of information to consumers http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/nat%20cosm.htm 
List of medicines subject to prescription, 2000 edition http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/Alpha%20List%202000%20E.zip 
Council of Europe - Committee of Ministers - Resolution AP(2000) on the classification of medicines which are obtainable only on medical prescription - March 15, 2000 http://cm.coe.int/ta/res/resAP/2000/2000xp1.htm 
Council of Europe - Committee of Ministers . Resolution AP (99) 2- on warning phrases for certain categories of medicines http://www.coe.fr/cm/ta/res/resAP/1999/99xp2.htm 
Council of Europe - Committee of Ministers - Resolution AP (96) - on the declaration of excipients present in pharmaceutical products - October 2, 1996 http://cm.coe.int/ta/res/1996/96xp1.html 
Public Health Committee - Committe of experts on pharmaceutical questions - Note from the Austrian Delegation on the requirements applying to prescriptions - Medicines for human use except narcotics http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/97spt19reve.zip 
Public Health Committe - Committee of experts on pharmaceutical questions - Final Report on Generic Medicines - April 2000 http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/CD-P-SPT%20(2000)%2027%20E%20-generic%20medicines.zip 
Council of Europe - comparisons of regulations applying to vitamins http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/CD-P-SPT%20(98)%2024E%20-Vitamin%20products.zip 
Public Health Committee - Committee of experts on pharmaceutical questions - Final Report on the importation of unregistered medicines - Multicountry comparisons - April 2000 http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/SPT28E%20-%20médicaments%20non%20enregistrés%20-%20Autriche.zip 
Council of Europe's Policy Statements concerning nutrition, food safety and Consumer Health - Technical document - Guidelines concering scientific substantiation of health-related claims for functional food http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/functfood.ZIP 
Council of Europe - Public Health Committee - Energy Drinks - Information Note to Consumers - May 2001 http://www.coe.fr/soc-sp/sante/energ_drinks.htm  
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) - home page - "TDR focuses on neglected infectious diseases that disproportionally affect poor and marginalized populations" http://www.who.int/tdr/ 
United Nations Development Programme - home page - "UNDP provides funds; helps developing countries attract and use aid effectively" http://www.undp.org/ 
World Bank - home page - "one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. In Fiscal Year 2001, the institution provided more than US$17 billion in loans to its client countries" http://www.worldbank.org/ 
World Bank - Health, Nutrition, and Population Sector Strategy Paper - (93 pages) http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/HDNet/hddocs.nsf/c840b59b6982d2498525670c004def60/80ac87ad5b7910c4852568f20051bdcc/$FILE/hnp.pdf 
Unaids - Progress report - ACCELERATING ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS CARE, TREATMENT AND SUPPORT - Updated November 2001 - (23 pages) http://www.unaids.org/acc_access/AAprogress1101.doc 
European Patent Office - Annual Report 2000 - (80 pages) http://www.european-patent-office.org/epo/an_rep/2000/pdf/fulldoc.pdf 
Fees under the European Patent Organisation - Rules relating to fees of 20 October 1977 as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation http://www.european-patent-office.org/epo/ca/e/28_06_01.htm 
EPO boards of appeal decisions - monthly update http://www.european-patent-office.org/dg3/updates/index.htm 
EPO Enlarged boards of appeal decisions http://www.european-patent-office.org/dg3/g_dec/index.htm 
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal regarding the application of Article 53(b) EPC to transgenic plant varieties http://www.european-patent-office.org/dg3/g_dec/pdf/g980001.pdf  
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal - December 18, 1992- State of prior art for chemical compositions http://www.european-patent-office.org/dg3/g_dec/pdf/g920001.pdf 
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal - EPO - December 5, 1984 - regarding patent on second medical use http://www.european-patent-office.org/dg3/g_dec/pdf/g830006.pdf 
EPC - European Patent Convention - (511 pages) http://www3.european-patent-office.org/dwld/epc/epc_2000.pdf 
Ancillary Regulations to the European Patent Convention http://www.european-patent-office.org/legal/anc_reg/e/index.htm 
Case Law of the Boards of Appeal by themes http://www.european-patent-office.org/legal/case_law/e/index.htm 
EPO - Guidelines for examination in the European Patent Office - (466 pages) http://www.european-patent-office.org/legal/gui_lines/pdf/gui_e_full.pdf 
International Patent Classification http://classifications.wipo.int/fulltext/new_ipc/index.htm 
Introductory Manual to the IPC (International Patent Classification http://www.wipo.int/classifications/en/index.html 
WIPO - Patent Protection and Access to HIV / AIDS Phamaceuticals in Sub-Saharan Africa - (105 pages) http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/studies/pdf/iipi_hiv.pdf 
WHO - Globalization and Access to Drugs - Perspectives on the WTO/TRIPS Agreement (111 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/dap/who-dap-98-9-rev/who-dap-98-9rev.pdf 
WHO - Globalization, Patents and Drugs: An Annotated Bibliography - 2001 - (64 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/par/who-edm-par-2001-1/who-edm-par-2001-1.pdf 
WHO - Health Reform and Drug Financing: Selected Topics - 1998 - (62 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/dap/who-dap-98-3/who-dap-98-3.pdf 
WHO - Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance - 2001 - (105 pages) http://www.who.int/emc/amrpdfs/WHO_Global_Strategy_English.pdf 
WHO - Model list of Essential Drugs - (14 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/edl/edl11.pdf 
WHO - The definition and selection process for an EDL (essential drug list) - Technical Briefing Paper - 27 October 2000 http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/edl/infedltechbrief.htm 
WHO - Herbal medicines - Assessment of safety and efficacy  http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/medicinalplants/assessdocs.shtml 
WHO - Acupuncture http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/acupuncture/acupdocs.shtml 
WHO - Biotechnology and Food Safety - Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Consultation http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/economic/esn/biotech/tabconts.htm  
Codex Alimentarius Commission - home page http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ 
WHO - Model Certificate of a Pharmaceutical Product http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/qsm/activities/drugregul/certification/modcert.html 
WHO - Guidelines on the implementation of the WHO certification scheme on the quality of pharmaceutical products moving in international commerce http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/qsm/activities/drugregul/certification/certifguide.html 
WHO - Achieving balance in national opioids control policy -- Guidelines for assessment - 2000 - (45 pages) http://www.who.int/medicines/library/qsm/who-edm-qsm-2000-4/Balance%20in%20Nat%20Opioids%20Control%20Policy%20final.pdf 
International Narcotics Control Board - home page http://www.incb.org/ 
WHO - Good Manufacturing Practices http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/qsm/activities/qualityassurance/gmp/gmpcover.html 
International Conference on Harmonisation - ICH - home page http://www.ifpma.org/ich1.html 
ICH - Harmonisation process http://www.ifpma.org/ich4.html 
ICH - list of guidelines http://www.ifpma.org/ich5.html 
Executive Committee Meeting in Sorrento 2000 - Summary Report - Patentability Requirements and Scope of Protection of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs), Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and Entire Genomes http://www.aippi.org/reports/q150/sr-q150-e.htm 
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property - home page http://www.aippi.org  
AIPPI - Publications http://www.aippi.org/services-online-publications.html  
WTO - Uruguay Round Final Act: full texts http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/final_e.htm 
WTO - Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Document prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO for the Meeting on Intellectual on Genetic Resources - An Overview http://docsonline.wto.org/_ 
WTO - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (CBD) AND THE AGREEMENT ON THE TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (TRIPS); http://docsonline.wto.org/_ 
Convention unique sur les stupéfiants de 1961 - conclue à New York le 30 mars 1961 - Signée par la Suisse le 20 avril 1961 - RS 0.812.121.0 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.0.fr.pdf 
Protocole portant amendement de la Convention unique sur les stupéfiants de 1961 - Conclu à Genève le 25 mars 1972 - Approuvé par l’Assemblée fédérale le 21 mars 1995 - RS 0.812.121.01 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.01.fr.pdf 
Convention sur les substances psychotropes - Conclue à Vienne le 21 février 1971 - Entrée en vigueur pour la Suisse le 21 juillet 1996 - RS 0.812.121.02 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.02.fr.pdf 
Convention internationale de l’opium - Conclue à La Haye le 23 janvier 1912 -Entrée en vigueur pour la Suisse le 15 janvier 1925 - RS 0.812.121.2 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.2.fr.pdf 
Protocole amendant les accords, conventions et protocoles sur les stupéfiants - Entré en vigueur pour la Suisse le 25 septembre 1947 - RS 0.812.121.21 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.21.fr.pdf 
Protocole visant limiter et à réglementer la culture du pavot, ainsi que la production, le commerce international, le commerce de gros et l’emploi de l’opium - conclu à New York le 23 juin 1953 - RS 0.812.121.3 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.3.fr.pdf 
Convention internationale relative stupéfiants - conclue à Genève le 19 février 1925 - entrée en vigueur pour la Suisse le 2 juillet 1929 - RS 0.812.121.4 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.4.fr.pdf 
Convention pour limiter la fabrication et réglementer la distribution des stupéfiants - conclue à Genève le 13 juillet 1931 - entrée en vigueur pour la Suisse le 9 juillet 1933 - RS 0.812.121.5 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.5.fr.pdf 
Protocole du 19 novembre 1948 plaçant sous contrôle international certaines drogues non visées par la Convention du 13 juillet 1931 - entré en vigueur pour la Suisse le 18 mars 1953 - RS 0.812.121.52 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.52.fr.pdf 
Convention du 26 juin 1936 pour la répression du trafic illicite des drogues nuisibles - conclue à Genève, le 26 juin 1936 - entrée en vigueur pour la Suisse le 31 mars 1953 - RS 0.812.121.6 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.121.6.fr.pdf 
Convention contre le dopage - conclue à Strasbourg le 16 novembre 1989 - entrée en vigueur pour la Suisse le 1er janvier 1993 - RS 0.812.122.1 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.122.1.fr.pdf 
Accord européen relatif à l’échange de substances thérapeutiques d’origine humaine - conclu à Paris le 15 décembre 1958 - entré en vigueur pour la Suisse le 1er décembre 1965 - RS 0.812.161 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.161.fr.pdf 
Convention relative à l’élaboration d’une Pharmacopée Européenne - conclue à Strasbourg le 22 juillet 1964 - entrée en vigueur pour la Suisse le 8 mai 19742 - RS 0.812.21 http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/i8/0.812.21.fr.pdf 
OECD - Biotechnology and Food Safety - home page http://www1.oecd.org/subject/biotech/ 
OECD .- Ad Hoc Group on Food Safety - Overview of National Food Safety Systems and Activities - (12 pages) http://www1.oecd.org/subject/biotech/overview_nfssa.pdf 
OECD - GM Food Safety : Facts, Uncertainties and Assessment - February March 2000 - Raporteur's summary - (11 pages) http://www1.oecd.org/subject/biotech/Rapporteureng.pdf 
OECD - Working Party on Biotechnology - Health Policy Brief - Data Protection in Transborder Flows of Health Research Data - December 1999 - (33 pages) http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/1999doc.nsf/8358a613ec4462afc12569fa005d1700/c9c84852a946479cc12568430057171b/$FILE/12E93887.ENG 
OECD - The Economic Aspects of Biotechnologies related to Human Health Part I - 1998 - (72 pages) http://www1.oecd.org/dsti/sti/s_t/biotech/prod/health.pdf 
OECD - Working Party on Biotechnology - Economic Aspects of Biotechnologies related to Human Health - 1998 - (269 pages) http://appli1.oecd.org/olis/1998doc.nsf/4cf568b5b90dad994125671b004bed59/f38277100c7a721bc12566b1006273a6/$FILE/11E88111.ENG 
OECD - Food Safety and Quality -1999 - (82 pages) http://www1.oecd.org/subject/biotech/5199081e.pdf 
OECD - Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and Genetic Resources - an OECD Survey of current practices and policites - (81 pages) http://www1.oecd.org/dsti/sti/s_t/biotech/prod/ipr.pdf  
OECD - home page http://www.oecd.org 
OECD - Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry - Committee for Scienttific and Technological Policy - Working Party on Biotechnology - Consultation on Xenotransplantation Surveillance : Summary Report - (51 pages) http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2001doc.nsf/c5ce8ffa41835d64c125685d005300b0/7d4e7b2820d508dfc1256af1005328fc/$FILE/JT00115450.PDF 
OECD - Science Technology Industry - University Research in Transition - 1999 - (98 pages) http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M000014000/M00014817.pdf 
OECD - Why Mice Matter: Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease from Basic Research to Applications - 1998 - (68 pages) http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M000014000/M00014633.pdf 
OECD - Technology Incubators: Nurturing Small Firms - 1997 - (129 pages) http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M000014000/M00014673.pdf 
OECD - Patents and Innovation in the International Context - 1997 - (36 pages) http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M000014000/M00014675.pdf 
OECD - The Evaluation of Scientific Research: Selected Experiences - 1997 - (112 pages) http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M000014000/M00014831.pdf 
OECD - Fiscal Measures to Promote R&D and Innovation - 1996 - (94 pages) http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M000014000/M00014678.pdf 
OECD - Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs - Committee on Competition Law and Policy - Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights - September 1998 - DAFFE/CLP(98)18 - (458 pages) http://www1.oecd.org/daf/clp/roundtables/IPR-GD.PDF 
Council of Europe - CDBI - Projet de Protocole additionnel à la Convention sur les droits de l'Homme et la Biomédecine relatif à la transplantation d'organes et de tissus d'origine humaine et rapport explicatif - February 1999 - (30 pages) http://www.nfp46.ch/downloads/law/ceprottp99.pdf 
Council of Europe - Convention for the protection of Human Rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/EN/WhatYouWant.asp?NT=164&CM=1&DF=22/03/01 
Council of Europe - Projet de Protocole additionnel à la Convention sur les Droits de l'Homme et la Biomédecine,
relatif à la transplantation d'organes et de tissus d'origine humaine - (9 pages)
http://www.bag.admin.ch/transpla/inter/f/Draft_PROTOCOL_TRANSP_250701.pdf 
WTO - CANADA – TERM OF PATENT PROTECTION - Arbitration under Article 21.3(c) of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes - (19 pages) http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/170arb_e.pdf 
WTO - Canada – PATENT PROTECTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - Arbitration under Article 21.3(c) of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures - Award of the Arbitrator James Bacchus -August 2000 - (21 pages) http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/114abr_e.pdf 
WTO - Canada – Patent Protection of Pharmaceutical products - Complaint by the European Communities and their member States
Report of the panel - (March 2000) - (222 pages)
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/7428d.pdf 
WTO - Canada – Term of Patent Protection - Report of the Panel - May 2000 - (163 pages in two parts) http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/1391da.pdf  http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/1391db.pdf 
WTO, United States - Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998 - AB-2001-7 - Report of the Appellate Body http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/wt/ds/176ABR.doc 
WHO - Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance - World Health Report on Infectious Diseases 2000 - February 1, 2002 - (97 pages) http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-report/2000/other_versions/index-rpt2000_text.html 
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - Organization of African Unity - Africa and the Multilateral Trading System Doha and Beyond - An Issues Paper - (32 pages) http://www.uneca.org/eca_resources/Conference_Reports_and_Other_Documents/espd/2001/eca_oau/issue_paper.PDF 
A. O. Adede - ICTSD - The Political Economy of the TRIPS Agreement: Origins and History of Negotiations - (36 pages) http://www.ictsd.org/dlogue/2001-07-30/Adede.pdf 
WIPO - Agenda for Development of the International Patent System - (15 pages) http://www.wipo.int/eng/document/govbody/wo_gb_ab/pdf/a36_14.pdf 
World Bank - Global Prospects and the Developing Countries 2002 - (271 pages) http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gep2002/gep2002complete.pdf 
Carsten Fink - How Stronger Patent Protection in India Might Affect the Behavior or Transnational Pharmaceutical Industries - Development Research Group The World Bank - (46 pages) http://econ.worldbank.org/docs/1106.pdf 
European Patent Office - home page http://www.european-patent-office.org/ 
European Patent Office - Guidelines for examination (400 pages) http://www.european-patent-office.org/legal/gui_lines/pdf/gui_e_full.pdf 
Council for International Organizations of Medical Science ("CIOMS is an international, nongovernmental, non-profit-making organization established jointly by WHO and UNESCO in 1949.") http://www.cioms.ch/ 
World Trade Organization - home page http://www.wto.org/ 
Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention and Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme http://www.picscheme.org/index.htm 

 

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