Addressing legal and political barriers to global pharmaceutical access: Options for remedying the impact of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the imposition of TRIPS-plus standards

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-256

  Cohen Kohler, Jillian Clare ^a   Forman, Lisa ^a   Lipkus, Nathaniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Gilbert's LLP   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ARTEMISININ; GENERIC DRUG; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG PROGRAM; DRUG RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LICENSING; MALARIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLITICS;

EID: 46649090522     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133108004477     Document Type: Article

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