Pharmaceutical Patent Protection and World Trade Law - 9781138288768

Taylor & Francis

Pharmaceutical Patent Protection and World Trade LawThe Unresolved Problem of Access to Medicines\nAuthor(s): Jae Sundaram\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138288768, 978-1138288768\nSynopsis\nPatents, including pharmaceutical patents, enjoy extended protection for twenty years under the TRIPs Agreement. The Agreement has resulted in creating a two-tier system of the World Trade Organisation Member States, and its implementation has seen the price of pharmaceutical products skyrocket, putting essential medicines beyond the reach of the common man. The hardest hit populations come from the developing and least developed countries, which have either a weak healthcare system or no healthcare at all, where access to essential and affordable medicines is extremely difficult to achieve.\n\nPharmaceutical Patent Protection and World Trade Law studies the problems faced by these countries in obtaining access to affordabl.