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    WTO patent rules and access to medicines: the pressure mounts

    Oxfam, 2001
    Oxfam is calling for TRIPS to be reformed so that developing country governments have the unambiguous right to obtain the cheapest possible life-saving medicines without facing the threats of legal challenges or trade sanctions experienced by South Africa and Brazil.
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    The use of proprietary biotechnology research inputs at selected Latin American NAROs

    International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2000
    The main purpose of this Briefing Paper is to provide an assessment of the use of proprietary biotechnology inputs in the agricultural research systems of selected Latin American countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico.
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    World Trade Organisation agreements: implications for equity and health in Southern Africa

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2000
    This paper investigates the consequences of WTO agreements relating to health, and primarily the TRIPS agreement on health care and drug access for Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.The paper provides a brief review of GATT /WTO and WTO agreements relating to health.
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    Communication from the European Communities and their Member States to the TRIPS council: the relationship between provisions of the TRIPS agreement and access to medicines

    European Union, 2001
    Paper comes in response to The EC and their Member States recognition of the lack of affordable pharmaceuticals as a serious problem in many developing countries and especially for the poorest people.Paper assesses: relevance of intellectual property; compulsory licensing; exceptions to patent rights; and, protection of undisclosed informationSummary and recommendations:The spirall
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    Increasing access to health care in developing countries: the need for public-private partnership

    International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations, 2000
    When problems of access to novel or even older treatments are discussed, many reasons are cited – including financial, infrastructure, and cost factors.Conclusion: It is clear that price plays a less important role than infrastructure, financing and national political will in ensuring access to drugs, particularly in developing countries.
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    Encouragement of new clinical drug development: the role of data exclusivity

    International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations, 2000
    Paper asserts that for the pharmaceutical industry to invest the billions of dollars, Euros, yen, etc. in these highly risky health care solutions, intellectual property protection is essential. However, patent and trade-mark protections are not the entire story.
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    Patent injustice: how world trade rules threaten the health of poor people

    Oxfam, 2001
    This briefing paper shows how new global patent rules, introduced by the World Trade Organisation, will raise the costs of vital medicines, with potentially disastrous implications for poor countries.
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    A patent policy proposal for global diseases

    Brookings Institution, 2001
    This policy brief outlines a proposal that would lower the price of pharmaceuticals that treat important global diseases in developing countries, while at the same time allowing patent protection to increase where it is most likely to lead to the creation of new products. The proposal requires no changes in international treaties, only minor changes to U.S.
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    Intellectual property needs and expectations of traditional knowledge holders

    World Intellectual Property Organization, 2000
    This Report presents information compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from nine fact-finding missions on the intellectual property (IP) needs and expectations of holders of traditional knowledge (TK).The first section of the chapter "Framing the Intellectual Property Needs and Expectations of Traditional Knowledge Holders " provides a basic and general introduction to
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    Copyrights, competition and development: the case of the music industry

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2000
    Paper analyses the relationship between the copyright and income generation in the audio-visual sector, in particular music.

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