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The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, Intellectual Property And Medicines: Differential Outcomes For Developed And Developing Countries, Deborah Gleeson, Joel Lexchin, Ruth Lopert, Burcu Kilic
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, Intellectual Property And Medicines: Differential Outcomes For Developed And Developing Countries, Deborah Gleeson, Joel Lexchin, Ruth Lopert, Burcu Kilic
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The final text of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), agreed between the 12 negotiating countries in 2016, included a suite of intellectual property provisions intended to expand and extend pharmaceutical company exclusivities on medicines. It drew wide criticism for including such provisions in an agreement that involved developing countries (Vietnam, Peru, Malaysia, Mexico, Chile and Brunei Darussalam) because of the effect on delaying the introduction of low-cost generics. While developing nations negotiated transition periods for implementing some obligations, all parties would have eventually been expected to meet the same standards had the TPP come into force. While the TPP …