1st Edition
Regional Cooperation, Intellectual Property Law and Access to Medicines A Holistic Approach for Least Developed Countries
By Tolulope Anthony Adekola
Copyright 2024
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the potential for regionalisation of intellectual property law and policy as a means of improving pharmaceutical access for least developed countries. The challenge of sustainable access to pharmaceuticals continues to be an issue of global significance. While much has been written on emerging economies in this context, least developed countries have been largely overlooked.... Read more
1. Setting the Scene: The Context and the Problem; 2. Contextual Analysis of East African Countries' Healthcare Systems and Epidemiology; 3. Leveraging TRIPS Flexibilities for Pharmaceutical Access- A Survey of EAC Partner States’ Patent Laws; 4. TRIPS Amendment’s Special Regional Treatment- An Appraisal; 5. The Feasibility or Otherwise of Regional Pharmaceutical Production in the EAC; 6. Regional Cooperation, Human Rights and Equitable Vaccine Distribution - The COVID-19 Pandemic Experience; 7. Charting the regional cooperative path
Biography
Tolulope Anthony Adekola is a Research Fellow at TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia.
