TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pogge,Thomas Winfried Menko
AU  - Rimmer,Matthew
AU  - Rubenstein,Kim
TI  - Incentives for global public health : patent law and access to essential medicines
SN  - 9780521116565 (hardback)
U1  - 615.45:347.77 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Pharmaceutical policy
KW  - Patent laws and legislation
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Patents (International law)
KW  - Legislation, Drug
KW  - Drugs, Essential
KW  - Health Services Accessibility
KW  - Human Rights
KW  - International Cooperation
KW  - Patents as Topic
N2  - "This portrait of the global debate over patent law and access to essential medicines focuses on public health concerns about HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, the SARS virus, influenza, and diseases of poverty. The essays explore the diplomatic negotiations and disputes in key international fora, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Drawing upon international trade law, innovation policy, intellectual property law, health law, human rights and philosophy, the authors seek to canvass policy solutions which encourage and reward worthwhile pharmaceutical innovation while ensuring affordable access to advanced medicines. A number of creative policy options are critically assessed, including the development of a Health Impact Fund, prizes for medical innovation, the use of patent pools, open-source drug development and forms of 'creative capitalism'"--Provided by publisher
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