http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/04/16/medicines-patent-pool-director-ellen-t-hoen-to-leave-next-month/ Original news and analysis on international IP policy Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/04/16/medicines-patent-pool-director-ellen-t-hoen-to-leave-next-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5570914 Medicines Patent Pool Names New Director | Intellectual Property Watch Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:43:38 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=20553#comment-5570914 [...] first executive director, Ellen ‘t Hoen, left earlier this year under prior agreement (IPW, Public Health, 16 April 2012), and General Counsel Chan Park has served as interim executive [...]

]]> http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/04/16/medicines-patent-pool-director-ellen-t-hoen-to-leave-next-month/comment-page-1/#comment-4959083 James Love Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:52:25 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=20553#comment-4959083 Ellen ‘t Hoen will be a hard act to follow. She persuaded diverse governments to support the creation of the MPP, hired a very talented staff, and brought in the first licenses, the value of which will be likely be more fully appreciated down the road. She also created new standards for transparency of patent licensing, by publishing MPP license offers and company responses, and the full text of license agreements, while also providing the public opportunities to engage directly with the MPP staff. Her leadership will be missed.

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