PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL INNOVATION

Estudios Globales / Global Studies

Curso 2025/2026

1. Subject Information

(Date last modified: 29-05-25 10:09)

Code: 140526
Plan: 405
ECTS: 6.00

Type
Year: 3
Duration: Second semester

Language: ENGLISH

Area: -

Departament: -

Virtual platform: Campus Virtual de la Universidad de Salamanca

Professor Information

Profesor/Profesora: Andrés Trujillo Jiménez
Group/s: sin nombre

Centre: Fac. Derecho

Office: 216

Office hours: Upon request by email

Web address: http://www.usal.es/webusal/

E-mail: andtruji@usal.es
Phone: 923 294441 – 923 294445 Ext. 1635

2. Association of the subject matter within the study plan

3. Prerequisites

No previous requirements are needed

4. Learning objectives

The main objective of the subject Public Health and Medical Innovation is to improve population health by integrating advancements in medical science with public health strategies. This interdisciplinary field focuses on:

Enhancing Population Health
Strengthening Health Systems
Protection and Incentivizing Medical Innovation
Translate Research and Innovation into Tangible Benefits
Foster Interdisciplinary and Integrated Approaches

Promote Ethical and Sustainable Practices

5. Contents

Theory.

1. Introduction to Global Public Health

2. Global Burden of Disease and Innovation Priorities

3. Global Health Systems and Access to Technologies

4. Health Regulation and Global Agencies

5. Intellectual Property and Global Public Health I

6. Intellectual Property and Global Public Health II

7. Medical and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Definition and Lifecycle

8. Economics of Medical Innovation

9. Essential Medicines and Pricing Policies.

10. Digital Global Health and Technological Innovation

11. Public-Private Partnerships and R&D Financing

12. Health Sovereignty and Local Drug Production

13. Equitable Innovation: Alternative Models

14. Global Environmental Health

6. Competences acquired

Basic / General.

CB1. CB2. CB3. CB4. CB5. CG2. CG4

Specific.

CE3. CE4. CE7. CE10. CE12. CE13. CE19.

7. Teaching methods

The proposed competencies will be achieved through various teaching methodologies:

INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES: To establish contact with students, present the course, and provide information about the development of teaching and assessment.

THEORETICAL CLASSES: Lectures or master classes explaining the course content.

MATERIALS ON STUDIUM: Sections of some of the topics covered in the syllabus, along with various materials (regulations, rulings, articles, etc.), will be made available on the Studium platform.

PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES: Analysis, resolution, and discussion of case studies related to the subjects being explained. A case study will be presented in which students must propose solutions.

PRACTICAL CLASSES: Practical exercises will be solved in class under guidance, with active student participation and moderated debate.

SEMINAR, PRESENTATION, DEBATE: Occasionally, and depending on course development: Seminar(s) (to delve deeper into certain topics or expand on lecture content), Presentation (on a proposed issue or topic), Debate(s) (in-person or in the forum, on current issues, individually or in groups). All within class hours.

TUTORING SESSIONS: Assistance, guidance, and resolution of students' questions, either individually or in groups.

8. Anticipated distribution of the use of the different teaching methods

9. Resources

Reference books.

Handbook of Global Health Editors: Robin Haring, Ilona Kickbusch, Detlev Ganten, Matshidiso Moeti Publisher: Springer, 2021.

Textbook of Global Health (4th edn): Anne-Emanuelle Birn, Yogan Pillay, Timothy H. Holtz, Oxford Academic. 2017.

Global Health Law: Gostin, Lawrence O. Harvard University Press. 2014

Patent Law. An Open-Access Casebook. Sarah Burstein, Andres Sawicki, University of Miami Legal Studies. 2022

Intellectual Property and Public Health in the Developing World. Monirul Azam. OpenBook Publishers. 2016

Other bibliographic references, electronic or other types of resources.

http://www.oepm.es (Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas)

http://www.epo.org (European Patent Office)

https://www.who.int/ (World Health Organization)

10. Assessment

Evaluation systems.

Student engagement in the learning process.

Ability for abstract reasoning.

Ability to present, relate, and argue points during debates.

Capacity for critical analysis.

Ability to apply the theoretical and practical tools of the course

The evaluation system is continuous. The student's final grade will be based on the assessment of practical case resolutions and the completion of a written theoretical final exam.

Instrumentos de evaluación

Continuous assessment: discussion forums, presentations, case studies, etc. = 40%

Final exam = 60%

Assessment recommendations.

Attendance to class, completion of exercises, and reading of the recommended and required texts for each topic are strongly recommended.

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