Dr. Viviana Muñoz Tellez is the Programme Coordinator of the Health, Intellectual Property and Biodiversity (HIPB) Programme of the South Centre, the intergovernmental think tank of 55 developing countries. As of 2006, Dr. Munoz leads the team providing policy-oriented research, expert advice and technical assistance activities to developing countries and institutions on health and intellectual property issues. She holds a Doctorate degree on management of technology from the École Polytechnique of Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, – having focused on models of R&D collaboration to deliver affordable biomedical innovations addressing the disease burden in developing countries, and a Master’s degree in Development Management from the London School of Economics (LSE).