Book Talk and Panel Discussion on Patent Law and Access to Medicines
About the event
The relationship between patent law and access to healthcare, pharmaceutical therapies, and vaccines has been controversial. It has taken a prominent place in the international discourse and has been characterized by heated debates on how to design laws and policies to provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines.
The virtual event will feature a talk on Dr. Adekola Tolulope’s recent book, 'Regional Cooperation, Intellectual Property Law, and Access to Medicines,' which examines how countries in the global south may effectively use intellectual property to serve public health purposes through the stratagem of regional integration.
The short talk by Dr. Adekola will be followed by a moderated panel discussion. The panelists will include Dr. Amaka Vanni of the University of Leeds, Dr. Owoeye Olasupo of the University of Augsburg in Germany, and Chimdessa Fekadu TSEGA of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Together, they will share their insights and expertise, discussing the contributions of the book and stimulating further questions about the future development of the subject.
About the speakers
Dr Tolulope A. Adekola
Dr Adekola is a Research Fellow at the T.C Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. He is the author of the book 'Regional Cooperation, Intellectual Property Law, and Access to Medicines' (Routledge). Prior to joining the University of Queensland, he held research positions at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Germany, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dr Owoeye Olasupo
Dr Olasupo Owoeye is an expert in International Intellectual Property Law. He is admitted to the legal profession in New Zealand, Australia, and Nigeria. He previously taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the University of Tasmania, the RMIT International University, Vietnam, and the University of South Australia and Central Queensland University. He was also a Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Augsburg, Germany and the Catholic University of Lyon.
Dr Amaka Vanni
Dr. Vanni is a lecturer at the School of Law, University of Leeds UK. Her main area of research is international economic law, with a focus on intellectual property law, international trade law, global economic governance, law and development. Her monograph 'Patent Games in the Global South: Pharmaceutical Patent Law-Making in Brazil, India, and Nigeria' (Hart, 2020), which takes three examples of emerging markets (Brazil, India, and Nigeria) and tells their stories of pharmaceutical patent law-making, was awarded the 2018 SIEL–Hart Prize in International Economic Law.
Chimdessa Fekadu TSEGA
Mr. Tsega is a researcher at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Law School with particular interest in issues related to regional integration and intellectual property rights protection focusing on Africa. Before joining CUHK LAW, he has taught and researched in multiple institutions in Ethiopia, Switzerland, Hungary, and Singapore. He recently completed a visiting researcher program at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich (Germany).
