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SUMMARY:Innovation management by global health entrepreneurs - Julia Fan L
 i\, Doctoral Researcher\, Institute for Manifacturing
DTSTART:20120210T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:“Resources have always been limited – work has been unlimi
 ted” Dr. Shelly Batra\, Medical Doctor & Global Health Entrepreneur\, Op
 eration ASHA India\n\n“There [is] the need for governments in the north 
 and south\, pharmaceutical companies\, scientists and other stakeholders\,
  to consider how disease which disproportionately affect developing countr
 ies could best be addressed\, and to seek solutions.” Report of the Comm
 ission on Intellectual Property Rights\, Innovation and Public Health\, Un
 ited Nations World Health Organization\n\nThis talk will introduce researc
 h in the field of entrepreneurship & innovation in global health. It will 
 outline opportunities and business models to reconcile healthcare innovati
 on and access. Financing “push” and “pull” mechanisms will be disc
 ussed and how they can be utilised to facilitate the discovery\, developme
 nt and diffusion of global health innovations.\n\n------------------------
 --------------------------\nThese seminars aim to bring together a diverse
  range of individuals from the humanities as well as social and natural sc
 iences to discuss the public policy implications of their work and researc
 h.\n\nThey will take place on Fridays between 1-2pm\, throughout the Lent 
 term.\n\nEach talk will last 25-30 minutes and will be followed by open di
 scussion.
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, Lecture Room 4
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