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Some two decades will shortly have passed since the WTO's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement came into force in 1995. This volume is the first cross-country analysis of how TRIPS has affected the capacity of 11 major low or medium income countries to produce generic...
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| Language: | English |
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Some two decades will shortly have passed since the WTO's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement came into force in 1995. This volume is the first cross-country analysis of how TRIPS has affected the capacity of 11 major low or medium income countries to produce generic drugs. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230284630. |
| Carrier Form: | 288 p. : 18 b&w, halftones, 19. |
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9780230284630 9781137315854 : 1137315857 : |
| CLC: | TQ46-05 |
| Contents: | 1. The New Political Economy of Pharmaceuticals: Conformity and Resistance in the Global South-- Owain David Williams and Hans Lofgren 2. The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Production in Brazil-- Cassandra M. Sweet 3. Pharmaceuticals, Health Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in China-- Chee-Ruey Hsieh 4. Immunity to TRIPS? Vaccine Production and the Biotechnology Industry in Cuba-- Jens Plahte and Simon Reid-Henry 5. TRIPS and Access to Medicines in Egypt-- Dina Iskander 6. The Pharmaceutical Industry in India after TRIPS-- Sudip Chaudhuri 7. The Health Care System and the Pharmaceutical Industry in Indonesia-- Richard Husada and Raymond R. Tjandrawinata 8. TRIPS, Free Trade Agreements and the Pharmaceutical Industry in Malaysia-- Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Jayabalan Thambyappa, Shankaran Nambiar and Asrul Akmal Shafie 9. The Pharmaceutical Industry, Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines in Pakistan: Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Shazia Jamshed, Ashar Malik and Anwarul-Hassan Gilani 10. TRIPS, Access to Medicines and Local Production in South Africa-- Andrew L. Gray and Yousuf A. Vawda 11. TRIPS and New Challenges for the Pharmaceutical Sector in South Korea-- Bong-min Yang and Hye-young Kwon 12. Intellectual Property Rights and Neoliberal Restructuring in Turkey: The Pharmaceutical Industry-- Ipek Eren Vural 13. Conclusion: TRIPS, Drug Production in the Global South, and Access to Medicines-- Hans Lofgren and Owain David Williams. |