The UNITAID patent pool initiative: Bringing patents together for the common good

Open AIDS Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 37-40

  Bermudez, Jorge ^a   t'Hoen, Ellen ^a  

^a UNITAID   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING;

EID: 77953374482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18746136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874613601004020037     Document Type: Article

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