[opensourcepharma] Draft Open Ebola Letter

Mon Aug 18 04:24:18 UTC 2014

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On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:17 AM, Tomasz Sablinski <tomasz at transparencyls.com
> wrote:

> Dear Piero,
>
> It would be great to understand if WHO endorsed the open-source approach
> to identifying existing drugs with potential in Ebola infection. The only
> feedback I've seen from the meeting earlier this week was their support for
> testing non - approved compounds.
>
> Also, the question to all that have been enthusiastically supportive of
> OSP leading the crowdsourcing effort in the area: are we still committed to
> this idea?
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 8, 2014, at 17:34, "OLLIARO, Piero Luigi" <olliarop at who.int> wrote:
>
>  Dear All
>
> Please be informed that I’m seeking clarification from those at WHO
> already looking into open-source options. We have discussed this with Mat
> and Els, and we agreed that, at this point, it is therefore preferable to
> postpone sending a letter to others until WHO position is clearer.
>
> I will keep you posted.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Piero
>
>
>
> *From:* opensourcepharma [mailto:opensourcepharma-bounces at lists.okfn.org
> <opensourcepharma-bounces at lists.okfn.org>] *On Behalf Of *Tomasz Sablinski
> *Sent:* 08 August 2014 20:45
> *To:* Matthew Todd
> *Cc:* opensourcepharma at lists.okfn.org
> *Subject:* Re: [opensourcepharma] Draft Open Ebola Letter
>
>
>
> Mat,
>
>
>
> This looks good; thanks for driving it. I suggest a paragraph - may need
> to be shortebned/ tweaked - and is a bit controversial:
>
>
>
> "Knowledge generation in this area should be driven by a public good, not
> by a potential financial gain of any one company. Opening to the public the
> process of knowledge generation will force companies owning certain IP
> rights to contribute to the discussion, while allowing them to preserve
> some financial gain in case of success."
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tomasz
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Matthew Todd <mattoddchem at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Further to Els's very interesting suggestion, here's Draft 1.
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/10qD0-CLlBKp_6COmMUffZp9mp4NwJGlmcwb5Jjt_wDA/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Edit away or comment, here or on the document itself. It needs to be
> short! I think given who it's addressed to it needs to be clearly a
> recommendation of the idea, rather than a direct appeal for any funding. We
> can do a lot here in advance of any up-front financial commitment, but
> which may lead to more substantial efforts later that require dollars.
>
> I'd suggest the letter come from a defined group of us, and when published
> we could ask for wider expressions of support somewhere, from the public.
>
> It feels like we'd have more impact with the support of an Ebola
> researcher - we are addressing the letter to one of the discoverers of the
> virus, I understand, so maybe that's the way to do it.
>
>
>
> Els - do you have a venue for this, and a way to alert people to it?
>
> Best,
>
> M
>
>
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