Balancing wealth and health : the battle over intellectual property and access to medicines in Latin America

Balancing wealth and health : the battle over intellectual property and access to medicines in Latin America / edited by Rochelle Dreyfuss, César Rodríguez-Garavito.

This title examines the tension between intellectual property law and access to medicine in a set of developing countries caught between their international trade obligations and their commitment to the health of their citizens.

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Other Authors: Dreyfuss, Rochelle Cooper, 1947- (Editor), Rodríguez Garavito, César A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Law and global governance.
Subjects:
Pharmaceutical policy > Latin America.
Drug accessibility > Latin America.
Drugs > Patents.
Conflict of laws > Intellectual property > Latin America.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Conflict of laws > Intellectual property
Drug accessibility
Drugs
Pharmaceutical policy
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
Law.
Latin America
patents.
Patents
Patents.
Brevets d'invention.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Balancing Wealth and Health: The Battle over Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in Latin America
  • Copyright
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Chapter 1: The Battle over Intellectual Property Laws and Access to Medicines in Latin America: A Primer on Global Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, and Political Contestation
  • I. Global Administrative Law: Potential and Challenges
  • II. Contesting Transnational Regulation: The Political Field
  • ""III. Intellectual Property as a Site of Transnational Regulation and Contestation""""A. The Regulation and Administration of Global Intellectual Property""; ""B. The TRIPS Agreement: Overview and Terminology""; ""IV. Historical Background of the Region: Neoliberalism, Neoconstitutionalism, and Institutional Reform (1990â€?2010)""; ""V. Overview of the Book: Studying Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in Latin America. Background and Methods""; ""A. Research Design: Case Studies, Goals, and Methodology""; ""B. Summary of the Case Studies""; ""References""
  • ""PART I: COUNTRY STUDIES""""Chapter 2: The Recursivity of Global Lawmaking in the Struggle for an Argentine Policy on Pharmaceutical Patents""; ""I. Recursivity in the Reform of the Argentine IP Regime""; ""II. Background: The Argentine Pharmaceutical Industry and Market""; ""III. The First Phase of the Domestic Cycle, 1989â€?1995""; ""IV. The Politics of Domestic Enactment: Actors and Mechanisms""; ""A. Actors""; ""B. Mechanisms""; ""V. The Politics of Implementation, 1996â€?2002""; ""A. Intervention by Congress: Interpreting TRIPS and TRIPS-plus Initiatives""
  • ""B. The Fight over Implementation Moves to the Courts and INPI""""VI. The New IP Legislation at the Dispute Settlement Body Interface""; ""VII. Implementation Continues: Global Reframing and the Domestic Crisis, 2002â€?2010""; ""A. The Crisis and the Rise of a National Policy on Medicines (PNM)""; ""B. Argentinaâ€?s Role in New Transnational IP Ventures""; ""C. Actors and Mechanisms in the Implementation of the New IP Regime""; ""VIII. Balancing Patent and Health Rights""; ""References""; ""NEWSPAPER ARTICLES""
  • Chapter 3: Brazil and the Case of Patents and Access to Medicines: A Medical Condition?Introduction
  • I. Fulfilling the Constitutional Right to Health: The Case of Access to Medicines
  • II. Main Actors and Events Contributing to the Current Legal Approach to Patents and Access to Medicines in Brazil
  • A. Actors
  • B. Government Policies
  • III. Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: CAFTA, Intellectual Property, and the Right to Health in Central America
  • I. Methodology
  • II. Pharmaceutical IP Comes to Central America: The IP Ratchet in Action

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