International Workshop on Novel Medicines for Infectious Diseases

Tuesday 30^th and Wednesday 31^st March 2004, at Mansfield College, Oxford

Aim of workshop:

• To exchange information between scientists from developing and restructuring countries, and their counterparts in the UK .
• To discuss safety and patentability of novel medicines.
• To establish a collaborative network of research projects.

Programme Tuesday 30^th March

9.10	Welcome
Session 1: Africa Chair: Dr Amit Chattopadhyay
9.15	South Africa:       Drs Birkholtz, Crouch and Okole
9.45	Kenya:       Drs Newton, Orago and Rajab
Session 2: Asia Chair: Dr Rem Petrov
10.15	China:       Dr Shi-shan Yu
10.35	India:       Dr Amit Chattopadhyay
10.55-11.20: Coffee
Session 2: Asia (cont) Chair: Dr Zbigniew Grzywna
11.20	Philippines:       Dr Gloria Bernas
11.40	Malaysia:       Dr Meenakshii Nallappan
12.00	Bangladesh:       Dr Ferdousi Begum
12.20	Myanmar:       Dr Kyaw Win
12.45: Group Photograph
1.00-2.00: Lunch
Session 3: Topical Issues Chair: Dr Ferdousi Begum
2.00	Diagnosing and controlling TB in the new millenium:       Dr Peter Wrighton-Smith
2.30	Safety of novel medicines:       Dr Debbie Shaw
3.00	Commonwealth Medical Association:       Dr Marianne Haslegrave
3.30	Patenting issues:       Dr Robert Pitkethly
4.00-4.30: Tea
Session 4: Local Research Opportunities Chair: Dr Shi-shan Yu
4.30	Pathogen research at Oxford:       Dr Rodney Phillips
5.30-6.00: General discussion

Programme Wednesday 31^st March

Session 5: Eastern Europe Chair: Dr Alloys Orago
9.00	Russia:       Dr Rem Petrov
9.20	Ukraine:       Drs Kostyuk and Pyrogova
9.50	Poland:       Dr Zbigniew Grzywna
Session 4: Local Research Opportunities (cont)
10.10	Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine:       Dr Sarah Rowland-Jones
10.40-11.00: Coffee
Session 6: Establishing the herbal medicines consortium Chair: Dr Mohammad Rajab
11.00	Outline of consortium aims:       Dr Len Newton
11.30	Preparation of consortium document:       Chaired by Dr Len Newton
1.00-2.00: Lunch
Session 7: Establishing a network of research groups
2.00	Discussion, proposals and participating institutes:       Chaired by Dr Gloria Bernas
4.00-4.30: Tea
Session 8: Summing-up and proposals for future events
4.30	General discussion:       Chaired by Dr Charles Pasternak
6.00	End of Workshop