Intellectual property, pharmaceuticals and public health
Subtitle: access to drugs in developing countries
By: edited by Kenneth C. Shadlen ... [et al.].
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781849800143
Subjects: Drugs; Law and legislation; Drug accessibility; Patents
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: .Globalization, intellectual property rights, and pharmaceuticals : meeting the challenges to addressing health gaps in the new international environment / N. Lalitha; title: Pharmaceutical production and access to essential medicines in South Africa / Heinz Klug; title: Intellectual property and access to medicines : paradoxes in Moroccan policy / Gaelle Krikorian; title: The invisible threat : trade, intellectual property, and pharmaceutical regulations in Colombia / Tatiana Andia; title: The challenges of constructing pharmaceutical capabilities and promoting access to medicines in Mexico under TRIPS / Alenka Guzman; title: Corporate power and state resistance : Brazil's use of TRIPS flexibilities for its National AIDS Program / Matthew Flynn; title: The politics of patents and drugs in Brazil and Mexico : the industrial bases of health policies / Kenneth C. Shadlen; title: Pharmaceutical patent policy in developing countries : learning from the Canadian experience / Melanie Bourassa Forcier; title: Access to Indian generic drugs: emerging issues / N. Lalitha; title: Sufficient but expensive drugs : a double-track system that facilitated supply capability in China / Luwen Shi; title: Access to essential drugs in Thailand : intellectual property rights and other institutional matters affecting public health in a developing country / Samira Guennif; title: The TRIPS agreement and health innovation in Bangladesh / Padmashree Gehl Sampath.