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Special 301 Of The Trade Act Of 1974 And Global Access To Medicine, Sean Flynn
Special 301 Of The Trade Act Of 1974 And Global Access To Medicine, Sean Flynn
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Since its inception in 1988, the United States Trade Representative’s “Special 301” adjudication of foreign intellectual property law standards has been used to promote policies restricting access to affordable medications around the world. President-elect Obama released a platform promising to “break the stranglehold that a few big drug and insurance companies have on these life-saving drugs” and pledged support for “the rights of sovereign nations to access quality-assured, low-cost generic medication to meet their pressing public health needs.” The 2009 and 2010 Special 301 reports, however, indicate that the Obama Administration has not yet implemented this pledge into administration trade …
Patents And Pharmaceutical R & D: Consolidating Private-Public Partnership Approach To Global Health Crises, Chidi Oguamanam
Patents And Pharmaceutical R & D: Consolidating Private-Public Partnership Approach To Global Health Crises, Chidi Oguamanam
Chidi Oguamanam
Intellectual property (IP) is a reward and incentive market-driven mechanism for fostering innovation and creativity. The underlying, but disputed, assumption to this logic is that without IP, the wheel of innovation and inventiveness may grind to a halt or spin at a lower and unhelpful pace. This conventional justification of IP enjoys, perhaps, greater empirical credibility with the patent regime than with other regimes. Despite the inconclusive role of patents as a stimulant for research and development (R&D), special exception is given to patent’s positive impact on innovation and inventiveness in the pharmaceutical sector. This article focuses on that sector …
Special 301 And Access To Medicine In The Obama Administration, Sean Flynn
Special 301 And Access To Medicine In The Obama Administration, Sean Flynn
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