Impact of intellectual property rights on AIDS public health policy in Thailand

Samira Guennif () and Claude Mfuka
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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
Claude Mfuka: 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: After a committed policy to contain the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand, another challenge must now be faced : that of providing accessible anti-AIDS treatment to those infected. This paper explores both the technical and legal aspects of a possible solution involving the provision of low-cost medicines by the Thai pharmaceutical industry. It shows that even if the efficient domestic drugs industry could participate in meeting this challenge, recent modifications in the intellectual property rights system hinder the large-scale local production of generic drugs. These institutional modifications can therefore be viewed as an obstacle to the continuation of public health policy as they impede the provision of affordable treatments.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; TRIPS agreements; public health; industrial policy; intellectual property rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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Published in ANRS. Economics of AIDS and access to HIV/AIDS care : issues and challenges., ANRS, pp.486, 2003, Sciences sociales et sida

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