[Hamp-law] Thu Nov 29: Ethics in AIDS Clinical Trials in Africa

[Flavio Risech]

Please join us for a talk by Paul Model: "Ethical Issues in AIDS 
Prevention Clinical Trials in Africa". Thursday, November 29 at 5:00 
pm in the East Lecture Hall of Franklin Patterson Hall. Free and 
fully accessible. Sponsored by the Hampshire College Law Program.

Clinical studies of AIDS medicines in developing countries, and 
particularly in Africa, have given rise to debates from both academic 
and popular perspectives concerning appropriate ethical rules for the 
conduct of these studies and the treatment of the people who 
participate in them. These ethical issues are especially acute and 
complex in the context of trials of medicines that are intended to 
prevent HIV infection rather than cure it. Potentially unique ethical 
issues are raised by the large size of prevention trials, as well as 
the likelihood that some participants in them will become infected 
with HIV. Mr. Model's talk will be based on his experiences as legal 
counsel to a major non-profit sponsor of AIDS prevention trials, and 
will focus on the practical application of  generally accepted 
ethical standards in the context of the actual conduct of trials in 
African countries. While this presentation will refer to some of the 
relevant existing literature, it will not assume those in the 
audience have any prior background in medical ethics.

Paul Model is an alumnus of Hampshire College and Harvard Law School 
and a lawyer in private practice in New York City. Mr. Model's 
practice is focused on health care technology, drug development, and 
venture capital financings in the health care field. In the course of 
his practice Mr. Model has had intensive experience with non-profit 
efforts to develop medicines for the prevention of HIV/AIDS for use 
in the developing world. Mr. Model has given presentations on issues 
arising in non-profit drug development at meetings held by the Drugs 
for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDI), the Centre for the 
Management of Intellectual Property in Health Research and 
Development (MIHR), and the Association of University Technology 
Managers (AUTM).

For more information please contact Flavio Risech at frisech at hampshire.edu.
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