Incentives for global public health : patent law and access to essential medicines /

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Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 512 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language:	English
Series:	Connecting international law with public law Connecting international law with public law.
Subject:	Pharmaceutical policy. Patent laws and legislation. Drugs -- Patents. Patents (International law)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12598430

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Other authors / contributors:	Pogge, Thomas, 1953- editor. Rimmer, Matthew, editor. Rubenstein, Kim, editor.
ISBN:	9780511750786 (ebook) 9780521116565 (hardback) 9781107693456 (paperback)
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).
Summary:	This portrait of the global debate over patent law and access to essential medicines focuses on public health concerns about HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, the SARS virus, influenza, and diseases of poverty. The essays explore the diplomatic negotiations and disputes in key international fora, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Drawing upon international trade law, innovation policy, intellectual property law, health law, human rights and philosophy, the authors seek to canvass policy solutions which encourage and reward worthwhile pharmaceutical innovation while ensuring affordable access to advanced medicines. A number of creative policy options are critically assessed, including the development of a Health Impact Fund, prizes for medical innovation, the use of patent pools, open-source drug development and forms of 'creative capitalism'.
Other form:	Print version: 9780521116565

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