Should access to medicines and TRIPS flexibilities be limited to specific diseases?
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Medicine procurement and the use of flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 2001–2016
Millions of people, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, lack access to effective pharmaceuticals, often because they are unaffordable. The 2001 Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) Agreement and Public Health. The declaration recognized the implications of inte...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- American journal of law & medicine
دوره 34 2-3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008