Patents, compulsory license and access to medicines : some recent experiences

KHOR, Martin

Publication Date 

February 2007
15 p

This paper considers the importance of national-level action on policy and practical measures that are needed to ensure poor people have access to medicines. It details examples of the use of Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) flexibilities in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Zimbabwe and Ghana

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https://www.twn.my/title2/IPR/pdf/ipr10.pdf

Keywords 

Cross-cutting; accessibility; policy; Health; systems: health system financing; systems: leadership and governance; systems: medical products vaccines and technologies; treatment and prevention; Human rights; rights

Regional Focus 

South East Asia (SEARO)
Western Pacific (WPRO)
Africa (AFRO)

Country focus 

Malaysia; Indonesia; Zimbabwe; Thailand; Ghana

Language 

English

Type of material 

text

Content type 

research; paper

Publisher 

Third World Network