Essays about: "patent medicines"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words patent medicines.
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1. Access patented vaccines in the time of COVID-19 pandemic
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : This thesis aims to describe and analyze three different solutions on how to make vaccines for COVID-19 available from a patent law perspective under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Under the TRIPS, patent law provides exclusive rights for vaccine inventors to prevent or stop others from commercially exploiting the patented invention for 20 years. READ MORE
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2. Pharmaceutical Patent in the Dock oh Human Rights: A Conflict with Right to Access Medicine.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Intellectual property laws bestow a time bound individual right to a right holder, which after a certain period dissolves into the society for the betterment of all. In theory it is meant to be a win-win situation for both individuals and the society but in practice it is not so. READ MORE
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3. Protection of Traditional Medical Knowledge in the Patent System: Is There Room?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Traditional knowledge (TK) is a vital component of the lives and wellbeing of many traditional communities or groups worldwide. The value of TK extends to numerous aspects of life including the health sector. In Africa, up to 80% of the population use traditional medicine or employ medicinal use of indigenous plants. READ MORE
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4. Using Compulsory Licenses to Facilitate Access to Medicines: The Indian Experience
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The attempts to make use of a compulsory licensing provision under the TRIPS Agreement brought human rights, notably, the right to health, into the foreground of the debate between patents and access to medicines. This whole thesis is about the existing tensions between the two regimes – patents and human rights. READ MORE
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5. Medical Patent Protection Impacts on Access to Medicine in China
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Along with the interrelation between medical patent right, the generics impacts and the right to access to medicines, which as one of intersection issues between Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Human Rights (HR), has drawn more and more attention under the international society, the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health has reaffirmed the flexibilities of the Agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) member states in circumventing patent rights for better access to essential medicines in 2001. Considering the TRIPS flexibilities importance on promoting access to medicines in the most developing and the least developed countries, the thesis basically checks how medical patent rights impact on the access to medicines in China and how China has utilized the TRIPS flexibilities in recent years. READ MORE
