This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_45ac_591b_6b73 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hey AMSA folks, So, it was Saturday night and I was submitting my CV to apply to be on a Committee in AMSA's House of Delegates, when I thought about following Caleb's lead in submitting a resolution as I was bored since my nieces and nephew had just gone to bed. So, in typical last-minute fashion, I threw some words together and sent off a resolution just in time. It builds off of the work of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM). Attached is a copy of the AMSA Resolution on "University research, intellectual property and access to essential medicines in resource-poor settings" that I submitted. Also attached is a copy of a Yale workshop report on Access to Essential Medicines and University Research: Building Best Practices. It gives a great overview of what UAEM is working on, namely what universities can do as patent holder to promote access to essential meds (especially AIDS drugs) in developing countries. It's also online at: http://cira.med.yale.edu/whats_new/Essential%20meds,%20final%20report.doc UAEM has been meeting weekly during lunch on Thursdays in 400 Ford Hall, but may soon change meeting times. The group is really swinging into action and hopes to host a couple symposia this semester and to get the University Regents to vote for an ethical clause in patent policy by the end of the school year. If anybody is interested in attending meetings, please let me know. See you at the next AMSA meeting next Thursday during lunch. Peace out. Quy Dear Carol Clarke, Attached is a copy of a resolution I submitted to the AMSA website just prior to the deadline. I forgot to include a reference, but have included the citation in the attached resolution and also attached a copy of the reference. The reference can also be found online at: http://cira.med.yale.edu/whats_new/Essential%20meds,%20final%20report.doc Please let me know if there are any problems or questions with the resolution. Thank you. Quy Ton 612-670-4163 _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------=_NextPart_000_45ac_591b_6b73 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Resolution_Universities_EssentialMeds.doc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Resolution_Universities_EssentialMeds.doc" ------=_NextPart_000_45ac_591b_6b73 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Essential meds, final report.doc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Essential meds, final report.doc" ------=_NextPart_000_45ac_591b_6b73--