00934nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000200001724501310003726000240016830000110019252005710020358300200077465000180079420260716044045.0  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