1 Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Institute for Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. John-Arne.Rottingen@kunnskapssenteret.no
John-Arne Røttingen and Claudia Chamas, chairs of the the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development (CEWG), summarize their recent report recommending to the World Health Assembly that a global health R&D treaty be developed.