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24 Geo. J. on Poverty L. & Pol'y 161 (2016-2017)
Expanding Access to Medicines and Promoting Innovation: A Practical Approach

handle is hein.journals/geojpovlp24 and id is 168 raw text is: Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy Volume XXIV, Number 2, Winter 2017 ARTICLES Expanding Access to Medicines and Promoting Innovation: A Practical Approach Quentin A. Palfrey* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .............................................. 162 II. PATENTS, ACCESS, AND INCENTIVES ......................... 166 III. DIFFERENTIAL PRICING ...................................... 169 A. Inter-Country Differential Pricing .................... 169 B. Intra-Country Differential Pricing .................... 171 C. Challenges to Effective Intra-Country Differential Pricing........... 172 1. Physical Arbitrage ................................ 172 2. Information Arbitrage ................ .... .............. 175 3. 3D Printing: A Potential Game-Changer? ................ 180 IV. VOLUNTARY LICENSING ............................... ...... 182 A. Design Choices and Other Variants of Voluntary Licensing ......... 185 1. Scope of License ................................. 185 2. Market Definition .......................... ...... 188 3. Relationship Between Licensor and Licensee ........ ........ 189 B. Non-Assert Declarations ............................... 191 C. Donation of Research, Patents, and Medicines ....... ......... 192 Quentin A. Palfrey is co-Director of Global Access in Action, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Palfrey also serves as Executive Director of J-PAL North America at MIT. From 2011-2013, Palfrey was Senior Advisor for Jobs & Competitiveness at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy. Prof. William Fisher and Prof. Mark Wu contributed significantly to the drafting and editing of the paper. Several research assistants played a major role in writing and researching this paper, including Cherie Lynn Ramirez, Molly McDonough, Katherine Geddes, Adriana Benedict, Danielle Ridout, Amanda Brown-Inz, and Kerstin Noelle Vokinger. A special thanks is extended to the participants of the Global Access in Action, June 13, 2016 Insights in Action workshop for generously sharing their feedback and recommendations regarding an earlier draft of this paper. Global Access in Action would like to offer thanks to the National Foreign Trade Council Foundation for its financial support for this project. © 2017, Quentin A. Palfrey. 161