Patrick Durisch

Patrick is a veterinary doctor holding a Master of Advanced Studies in Public Health from the University of Geneva. He has more than 30 years of experience working with NGOs in the Middle East, Africa, France and Switzerland. Since February 2009, Patrick has served as a Health Policy expert for the Swiss advocacy NGO Public Eye (formerly known as Berne Declaration). For several decades, Public Eye has campaigned to Swiss stakeholders for improved access to medicines, ethical clinical testing in low and middle-income countries, pharmaceutical innovation that primarily responds to public health needs and other related issues. Public Eye has been gathering experience in the fields of intellectual property rights, pharmaceutical R&D, political lobbying and public awareness-raising campaigns