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<div>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.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">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.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">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).</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">For more information
please contact Flavio Risech at frisech@hampshire.edu.</font></div>
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