Essays about: "pharmaceutical patens"

Found 2 essays containing the words pharmaceutical patens.

1. 1. The Use and Abuse of Patents – Evergreening in the Pharmaceutical Sector

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Martina Törnvall; [2013]
   Keywords : abuse of dominant position; competition law; patent strategies; evergreening; pharmaceutical sector; pharmaceuticals; patents; EU law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis identifies some of the uncertainties surrounding the application of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) to evergreening of pharmaceutical patens. The concept of ever¬greening refers to a multitude of strategies adopted by patent holders with the aim to extend the privileged position that the patentee holds due to this exclusive right. READ MORE

3. 2. Pharmaceutical Patents, Right to Health and Access to Essential Medicines: A Human Rights Critique

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Ines Lasic; [2013]
   Keywords : human rights; intellectual property; pharmaceutical patens; TRIPS; right to health; access to essential medicines; developing countries; neglected diseases; counterfeited drugs; compulsory licences; generic medicines; Health Impact Fund; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Until recently, the areas of patent law and human rights law were treated separately. The tensions between pharmaceutical patents and the human right to health could be felt already in the 1980s, when the HIV/AIDS pandemic broke out and the pharmaceutical company that discovered a drug which could be used to treat this disease decided to patent it and set the price so high, that it was impossible for most people living in poor countries, where the disease was most prevalent, to access them. READ MORE