00905nam a2200109Ia 4500080002000000245013100020260002400151300001100175520057100186583002000757650001800777  a15.04.01 W92718  aPromoting access to medical technologies and innovation : intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade  bWHOaGenevaCHc2012  a251 p.  aPresents the general background to health policy relating to medical technologies, sets out the distinct roles and mandates of the three cooperating agencies and outlines the global disease burden that defines the essential challenge for health policy.  Outlines the elements of the international framework - health policy, IP and trade policy - laying an integrated basis for the following more detailed analysis of the innovation and access dimensions.  Provides a more detailed overview of policy issues concerning the innovatio dimension of medical technologies.  c3/5/13kSANDRAW  aPUBLIC HEALTH