Intellectual Property Rights and Pharmaceutical Products

Course details

Course Description:

In recent years, international debates in the areas of Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Health Care have addressed the issue of the access to pharmaceutical products and the interfaces between IP rights, government control measures and such ;

The objective of this course is to outline the different aspects and considerations relevant to this scenario, and to investigate the interactive relationship between, and the possible impact of, the different initiatives on international and national level in these areas.
 
 
How attendees will benefit?

After completion of the programme, delegates will be able to:

•  International Instruments
•  Principles and initiatives relevant to Intellectual Property (IP) and Pharmaceutical scenario
•  The role of WTO, WIPO and WHO
•  The objectives of the IGWIG
•  Other processes and global trends
•  Practical and economic considerations relevant to the development of new medicines
•  Principles applicable to IP protection
•  Benefits of IP protection to owner and public
•  legal environment applicable to pharmaceutical patents.
•  The legal norms applicable to products of biological origin
•  The complexities involved in the enforcement of patent rights.
•  The legal framework within which the commercialisation of pharmaceutical products takes place.
•  Legal implications of: labeling, information, advertising and counterfeiting.
•  The medicine development and registration cycle
•  Regulatory authority data protection
•  How to address and counter-balance the erosion of the patent term by delays from regulatory processes
•  Protection of research outcomes.

 
Course Content:

The programme covers the following topics:

•  The International Scene;

- International instruments
- Norms and initiatives relevant to property rights and the pharmaceutical industry

•  The Developing World;

- International Property rights and access to medicines

•  The National Scene;

- Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights in SA

•  Patent Protection;

- Pharmaceutical products and processes
- Limitations
- Methods

•  Concept of Biologics
•  Aspects of Litigation
•  Commercialisation of protected products
•  Relevance of Trade mark and Copyright Law
•  Pharmaceutical Research and Development
•  Marketing and registration
•  Ancillary protection
•  Research outcome

 
Course Style:

• Lecture or One-to-One training style.
• In house training.
• Group Training.
• Practical Training.

 
Remember:

• We provide this course in any place and at any time suitable for you.

Updated on 06 February, 2018