Patents and Public Health : Legalising the Policy Thoughts in the Doha TRIPS Declaration of 14 November 2001

Do patents rules prevent countries from acquiring affordable medicines? A number of legal experts and governments have felt that the WTO, in particular the TRIPS Agreement, forces countries to favour patents over public health. The WTO sought to settle this dispute by concluding the Public Health De...

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Main Author: Law, Andrew (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2009
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