Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines. : International Trade Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs.

International trade.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (33 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines relationship between intellectual property rights (IPR) provisions in international and U.S. trade policy and access to medicines, in context of broader debate about relationship between trade policy and public health. Covers access to essential medicine, international trade in pharmaceuticals, WTO agreement on trade-related aspects of IPR, public health debates surrounding WTO Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement and the Doha Declaration, and U.S. trade policies on intellectual property rights. Discusses possible issues for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines

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