Pledging patents
Subtitle: the role of developed countries in making affordable generic medicines available in the developing world
By: by Heather E.A. Watts.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: University of Toronto. -- Faculty of Law -- Dissertations.; Generic drugs -- Law and legislation -- Developing countries.; Drugs -- Law and legislation -- Developing countries
Other titles: Role of developed countries in making affordable generic medicines available in the developing world
Description: Making affordable medicines available to HIV patients and those suffering from illnesses endemic in developing countries is a challenging task. In the case of HIV especially, simply exporting and distributing anti-retroviral drugs is only one element of treating the disease on an on-going basis. There are compelling reasons, however, for making anti-retroviral therapy available to as many people as possible around the world. At the moment, however, developed countries are misguided in their approach to making anti-retroviral therapy available in resource-poor settings because they have failed to recognize and utilize the comparative advantage certain developing countries have in producing and distributing generic versions of anti-retroviral and other drugs. In order to right the situation, a new exception to the TRIPs Agreement is required and could be implemented via a new decision of the WTO.
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Thesis (LL.M.)-University of Toronto, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-159)

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