Access to medicine in the global economy: international agreements on patents and related rights

Access to medicine is a topic of widespread interest. However, some issues that impact such access are presently inadequately understood. In particular, international laws require most nations to provide patents on drugs, resulting in premium prices that limit access. In Access to Medicine in the Global Economy, Professor Cynthia Ho explains such laws and their impact for a diverse group of readers, from scholars and policy makers to students in a variety of disciplines. INDICE: I. Background 1. From Conception to Commercial Success 2. A Limitation on the Patent Right to Exclude 'Parallel Imports': An Introduction to International Exhaustion II. The Current Framework 3. An Introduction to TRIPS 4.Freedom Under TRIPS: India as an Example 5. Compulsory Licensing Under TRIPS:An Introduction 6. Compulsory License Case Study: An Introduction to Competing Patent Perspectives 7. Complicated Compulsory Licenses: The Waiver/Article 31bis 'Solution' III. The Evolving Framework 8. An Overview of 'TRIPS-Plus' Standards 9. Beyond Patents: Protecting Drugs Through Regulatory Laws 10. Suspensions of In Transit Generic Drugs: A Case Study of Competing Perspectives 11. AHistorical View of Access to Medicine Through the Lens of Patent Perspectives12. Looking Towards the Future

• ISBN: 978-0-19-539012-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 398
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés