Global harmonisation of intellectual property rights and local impact. Patent and access to medicines in developing countries under TRIPS and TRIPS plus provisions

Harmonisation globale des systèmes de brevet et impacts locaux. Brevet et accès aux médicaments dans les pays en développement sous AADPIC et AADPIC plus

Samira Guennif ()
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Samira Guennif: CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord (ancienne affiliation) - UP13 - Université Paris 13 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: In a context featured by a sensitive strengthening of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the world, this paper depicts the main vectors of this trend and questions its influence on the promotion of public health in the South. Precisely, it states that the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement and USA Free-Trade Agreements both institute global and constraining IPRs regimes whose local effects may damage the access of people to essential drugs in the South. These agreements may help to extend the monopolistic positions hold by Northern multinationals, to hinder generic competition and to undermine medicines' accessibility in developing countries. Legal and empirical evidences are presented to confirm this contention.

Keywords: patent; public health; déveloping countries; TRIPS; TRIPS plus provisions; brevet; santé publique; pays en développement. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Published in Economie et institutions, 2007, 10-11, pp.251-284

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