Ellen 't Hoen Biography

Ellen 't Hoen works as a consultant in the field of medical law and policy. She developed the Drugs Patent Pool at WHO/UNITAID in 2009 to use patent licensing to hasten the supply of low-cost HIV therapies, particularly antiretroviral medicines, in poor countries. She stood down from the MPP in June 2012, although she continues to support it. She is a research fellow at the University of Amsterdam's IS HIV/AIDS Academy and the author of The Global Politics of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Power. Patents on drugs, access to them, innovation, and the implementation of the WTO's Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health. It may be downloaded for free. She worked as the Director of Policy and Advocacy at Medecins Sans Frontres' Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines from 1999 until 2009. In the 1980s and 1990s, she received multiple accolades for her research on the impacts of drug use, including the renowned Harriet Freezerring medal in 1989. She is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Policies and Management of the World Health Organization, as well as the advisory board of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines.

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