[Sci-tech-public] GLOBAL HEALTH @ MIT: Public Private Partnerships in Development

[Judy Spitzer]

>GLOBAL HEALTH for Biomedical Researchers: William Wells, TB Alliance
>(((http://www.tballiance.org/home/home.php))
>
>LOCATION: E25-117
>
>TIME: Thursday, 3/11 @ 5-7PM
>
>Dinner will be provided. This event is sponsored by a Graduate Student Life
>Grant and by the Public Service Center.
>
>Public Private Development Partnerships: In low income settings, there is vast
>medical need but insufficient potential for profit. Product Development
>Partnerships (PDPs) confront this market reality by bringing 
>together academia,
>industry, public health experts, philanthropists and governments. 
>The end target
>is to develop, and make available, a drug, diagnostic or vaccine 
>that addresses
>a major burden of disease. We will talk about how PDPs work, and the challenge
>of using these partnerships to achieve broad access at the country level.
>
>
>About the Speaker:
>
>William Wells is Director, Market Access, at the TB Alliance with 
>responsibility
>for planning and oversight of the TB Alliance's market readiness approach. The
>resulting research, intelligence, analysis, and stakeholder engagement has an
>end goal of ensuring successful adoption, availability, and affordability of
>future products arising from the work of the TB Alliance and its strategic
>partners.
>
>Prior to joining the TB Alliance in May 2007, Dr. Wells worked as a consultant
>in Cambodia and Sudan for organizations including amfAR, CARE, UNFPA, UNICEF,
>and WHO. The resulting evaluations and grant proposals helped guide and fund
>HIV and maternal health projects. He has also worked previously as News
>Director at Rockefeller University Press, where he established news 
>sections in
>the Journal of Cell Biology and Journal of Experimental Medicine. 
>This built on
>his previous work as a freelance science journalist with clients such as New
>Scientist, Forbes magazine and the US National Academy of Sciences.
>
>A native of Australia, Dr. Wells received his Ph.D. in cell biology from the
>University of California, San Francisco, and a Master of 
>International Affairs,
>with a focus on economic and political development and public health, from
>Columbia University in New York.