Intellectual property and access to medicines in Africa : a regional framework for access / by Olasupo Owoeye.
2019
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Author
Title
Intellectual property and access to medicines in Africa : a regional framework for access / by Olasupo Owoeye.
Imprint
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Description
1 online resource.
Series
Routledge-Cavendish research in intellectual property.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The TRIPS compulsory licensing regime and access to medicines
Compulsory licensing and access to medicines in Africa
The TRIPS regime for test data protection and access to medicines
The exhaustion doctrine, parallel trade and public health
Pharmaceutical patents and the obligation to protect health
Patents for pharmaceuticals and the human right to development.
The TRIPS compulsory licensing regime and access to medicines
Compulsory licensing and access to medicines in Africa
The TRIPS regime for test data protection and access to medicines
The exhaustion doctrine, parallel trade and public health
Pharmaceutical patents and the obligation to protect health
Patents for pharmaceuticals and the human right to development.
Summary
A major target of Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 is the elimination of the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases' and combating hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases'. Intellectual property (IP) has been identified as one of the factors impeding access to affordable medicines in developing countries, especially in relation to the HIV pandemic. This book examines the scope of the existing flexibilities in international IP law for promoting access to medicines. It analyses the factors accounting for the underutilisation of the flexibilities in Africa and the measures that African countries may adopt to address theIP barriers to access to medicines. It explores the regional strategies that Africa can adopt to resolve the tension between IP regimes and access to medicines. It also highlights how trade liberalisation and regional integration can play crucial roles in enhancing the use of TRIPS flexibilities, local pharmaceutical manufacturing and access to medicines in Africa. By adopting qualitative research methods to investigate how African countries may effectively use IP to serve public health purposes through the stratagem of regional integration, this book will be a valuable contribution to the existing literature on IP.
Note
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Tasmania, 2014) issued under title: Patents for pharmaceuticals and access to affordable medicines : towards an all-encompassing access paradigm for Africa.
Source of Description
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Alternate Title
Taylor & Francis Online
Language
English
ISBN
9780429439186 (electronic book)
0429439180 (electronic book)
9780429799211 (electronic book : Mobipocket)
0429799217 (electronic book : Mobipocket)
9780429799228 (electronic book : EPUB)
0429799225 (electronic book : EPUB)
9780429799235 (electronic book : PDF)
0429799233 (electronic book : PDF)
9781138343382
1138343382
0429439180 (electronic book)
9780429799211 (electronic book : Mobipocket)
0429799217 (electronic book : Mobipocket)
9780429799228 (electronic book : EPUB)
0429799225 (electronic book : EPUB)
9780429799235 (electronic book : PDF)
0429799233 (electronic book : PDF)
9781138343382
1138343382
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