2016-WIPO-ReSearch-Mid-Year-Report

2016 BVGH Partnership Hub Mid-Year Report Catalyzing Partnerships for Global Health... BVGH’s 2016 partnering objective is to establish 12 new agreements between Members.. By the end of

2016 BVGH Partnership Hub

Mid-Year Report

Catalyzing Partnerships

for Global Health

BVGH’s 2016 partnering objective is to establish 12 new agreements between Members By the end of June

2016, BVGH had established six agreements These agreements span three diseases and involve 11 Members from five countries BVGH has established 103 WIPO Re:Search collaborations to date

BVGH continues to track WIPO Re:Search projects’ statuses and progress by connecting with Member

scientists to obtain regular updates The BVGH team is committed to ensuring all collaborations are carried out to a successful completion and where appropriate, new partners are introduced to advance the

program Out of the 103 research projects established to date, 43 are currently active and four have

advanced to the next stage of product development

WIPO Re:Search Agreements Established January 2016 – June 2016

Statuses of WIPO Re:Search Agreements Established Each Year

Diagnostic (2) Basic research (3) Soil-transmitted helminthiases (2)

Schistosomiasis (2)

5 15 16

43

Advancing Active Agreements

1 2

-4

Year

2013 2014 2015

To Date

Agreements Established

28 36 20

103

Agreements Currently Active

BVGH’s 2016 recruitment objective is to recruit at least four new “targeted” User Members In the first half of

2016, BVGH recruited four new User and Provider Members Two of these Members are located in

developing countries To date, WIPO Re:Search has expanded to 105 Member institutions from 29 countries

Of these institutions, 86 are User and/or Provider Members

New Members

1 Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) (Ethiopia) – P, U*

2 Case Western Reserve University (USA) – P, U

3 Malaria Consortium (UK) – P, U

4 Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) (Philippines) – P, U*

*Developing world institution

WIPO Re:Search Members

38

3

23

4

BVGH’s 2016 communication objective is to continue activities to increase awareness of WIPO Re:Search and its achievements Since the beginning of 2016, BVGH presented WIPO Re:Search at seven meetings and

events and represented the Consortium at an additional three The BVGH Partnership Hub Snapshot

newsletter continues to be created and distributed by BVGH on a monthly basis

Meetings and Events Attended

1 Anthelmintics – From Discovery to Resistance II, San Diego, USA*

2 Global Health Seminar, Wharton Healthcare Management Department, Philadelphia, USA*

3 WIPO Re:Search Side Event, 69th World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland*

4 ISNTD Diagnostics, Drug Discovery & Development, London, UK*

5 2016 Seattle Parasitology Conference, Seattle, USA

6 2016 BIO International Convention, San Francisco, USA

7 12th Annual Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, San Francisco, USA*

8 Global Health Seminar, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Seattle, USA*

9 Research Discussion Group, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, USA*

10 Cavendish Global: California Global Health Impact Forum, San Diego, USA

*Oral presentation

Upcoming Meetings and Events

1 XIX International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Brisbane, Australia*

2 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 65th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA

3 2016 Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, Seattle, USA**

4 8th European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Forum, Lusaka, Zambia**

*Oral presentation; **Abstract submitted

Snapshot

The monthly BVGH Partnership Hub Snapshot keeps Members up to date and informed of BVGH’s activities and Members’ partnering interests The Snapshot is intended to augment Member interest and participation

in WIPO Re:Search partnerships The monthly newsletter is sent to approximately 1,440 contacts BVGH

continued to feature a funding award each month in the Snapshot section entitled, “BVGH FundFinder

Featured Funding Announcement” This section, which was added last year, has been of considerable interest

to Snapshot readers.

BVGH welcomes and encourages feedback and suggestions from Members to ensure the Snapshot content

reflects readers’ interests

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