Improving access to HIV/AIDS medicines in Africa : Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) flexibilities utilization

Improving access to HIV/AIDS medicines in Africa : Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) flexibilities utilization / Patrick Lumumba Osewe, Yvonne Korkoi Nkrumah, Emmanuel Sackey.

The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property rights (TRIPS) requires all WTO members to adopt certain minimum standards for the protection of intellectual property rights including the rights of holders of patents for pharmaceutical products. The adoption of the standards delineat...

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Main Author: Osewe, Patrick L. (Patrick Lumumba)
Corporate Author: World Bank
Other Authors: Nkrumah, Yvonne K. (Yvonne Korkoi), Sackey, Emmanuel K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2008.
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
Subjects:
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights > (1994 April 15)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15)
Antiretroviral agents > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Antiretroviral agents > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Patents.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
Antiretroviral agents
Läkemedelsindustri > Afrika söder om Sahara.
Läkemedelsadministration > Afrika söder om Sahara.
Aidssjuka > hälso- och sjukvård > Afrika söder om Sahara.
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Patents
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview of the TRIPS agreement and flexibilities
  • Local production: experiences in four African countries
  • Conclusions and recommendations.

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