TRIPS Plus Agreements and Issues in Access to Medicines in Developing Countries
Published By: Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR) | Published Date: May, 01 , 2007Harmonisation of intellectual property rights among the members of WTO has in the recent years seen informed debates on access to medicines. While the developing countries are lured to such agreements because of the opening up of trade and trade concessions, yet, the conditions of such trade especially those binding the intellectual property rights of the goods concerning the USA are stricter and broader and thereby become more powerful than the WTO Agreement itself governing the countries. This paper discusses a few of these aspects.
Author(s): Samira Guennif, N. Lalitha | Posted on: Jan 26, 2016 | Views() | Download (175)