India Adds Compulsory Drug Licenses [PDF]
Cancer Discovery, 2013 Abstract The Indian government granted compulsory licenses for 3 cancer drugs, including breast cancer agents Herceptin (trastuzumab; Genentech) and Ixempra (ixabepilone; Bristol-Myers Squibb) and leukemia therapeutic Sprycel (dasatinib; Bristol-Myers Squibb).
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Trends in compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals since the Doha Declaration: a database analysis.
PLoS Medicine, 2012 BackgroundIt is now a decade since the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted the "Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health" at its 4th Ministerial Conference in Doha. Many anticipated that these actions would lead nations to claim compulsory
Reed Beall, Randall Kuhn
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Compulsory Licenses for Cancer Drugs: Does Circumventing Patent Rights Improve Access to Oncology Medications? [PDF]
J Glob Oncol, 2016 Bognar CLFB, Bychkovsky BL, Lopes GL.
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“Trade-Related Aspects” and “Public Interest” in the TRIPS Agreement (WTO)
Московский журнал международного права, 2010 The article appears to be attempt to decipher such notions as “trade – related” aspects of IPR and “public interest” in The TRIPS Agreement. It is particularly striking that this article reveals that TRIPS negotiators, representing both developed and ...
V. V. Pirogova
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Lessons Learned from Philip Morris V. Uruguay Regarding the Approaches Taken in the Investment Protection Treaties of Iran towards Expropriation of Intellectual Property [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī, 2023 IntroductionIn the field of intellectual property rights, host states’ policies, and accordingly, the approach of the relevant treaty towards expropriation and intellectual property rights play a key role when separating expropriation from regulatory ...
Soroosh Falahati, Mirghasem Jafarzade
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The WTO and the Covid‐19 “Vaccine Apartheid”: Big Pharma and the Minefield of Patents
Politics and Governance, 2023 Unequal access to vaccines for the Covid-19 pandemic, also referred to as “vaccine apartheid,” has marginalized low-income countries again. In October 2020, India and South Africa proposed a temporary waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement
Stéphane Paquin +1 more
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Could international compulsory licensing reconcile tiered pricing of pharmaceuticals with the right to health? [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: The heads of the Global Fund and the GAVI Alliance have recently promoted the idea of an international tiered pricing framework for medicines, despite objections from civil society groups who fear that this would reduce the leeway for ...
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Compulsory licensing and access to drugs [PDF]
The European Journal of Health Economics, 2014 Compulsory licensing allows the use of a patented invention without the owner's consent, with the aim of improving access to essential drugs. The pharmaceutical sector argues that, if broadly used, it can be detrimental to innovation. We model the interaction between a company in the North that holds the patent for a certain drug and a government in ...
Stavropoulou, C, VALLETTI, TOMMASO MARIA
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The Doha Round’s Public Health Legacy: Strategies for the Production and Diffusion of Patented Medicines Under the Amended TRIPS Provisions [PDF]
, 2007 This entry into force of the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Agreement in 1995 transformed the international intellectual property system. The harmonization of basic intellectual property standards has operated to protect investment in innovation ...
Abbott, Frederick M. +1 more
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[Un]happy Together: Why the Supremacy Clause Preempts State Law Digital Performance Rights in Radio-Like Streaming of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings [PDF]
, 2015 Lovers of the music of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Etta James, and hundreds of other recording artists whose records were made before February 15, 1972, may soon have a hard time hearing these great artists on any satellite or Internet radio service ...
Ross, Julie L.
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