The Global Governance of HIV/AIDS

Intellectual Property and Access to Essential Medicines

Obijiofor Aginam, John Harrington, Peter K. Yu (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2013
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84980-490-5 (ISBN)

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This important book brings together leading scholars from multiple disciplines, including intellectual property, human rights, public health, and development studies, as well as activists to critically reflect on the global health governance regime.The Global Governance of HIV/AIDS explores the implications of high international intellectual property standards for access to essential medicines in developing countries. With a focus on HIV/AIDS governance, the volume provides a timely analysis of the international legal and political landscape, the relationship between human rights and intellectual property, and emerging issues in global health policy. It concludes with concrete strategies on how to improve access to HIV/AIDS medicines.

This interdisciplinary, global, and up-to-date book will strongly appeal to academics in law, international relations, health policy and public policy, as well as students, policymakers and activists.

Contributors include: F.M. Abbott, O. Aginam, T. Amin, L. Biron, A. Denburg, G.E. Evans, J. Harrington, J. Harrison, K. Lee, K.C. Shadlen, P.K. Yu

Edited by Obijiofor Aginam, Senior Academic Officer, United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace, Tokyo, Japan, John Harrington, Professor of Law, Cardiff University, Wales, UK and Peter K. Yu, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University, School of Law, US

Contents:

1. Introduction
Obijiofor Aginam and John Harrington

2. Communitarian Globalism and Disease: A Normative Orientation for Global Health Governance
Obijiofor Aginam

3. Is AIDS Treatment Sustainable?
Kenneth C. Shadlen

4. Access to Paediatric Medicines: The Global Political Economy of Drug Production and Supply for Children in the Developing World
Avram Denburg and Kelley Lee

5. Trade Agreements, Intellectual Property and Access to Essential Medicines: What Future Role for the Right to Health?
James Harrison

6. Re-visiting the Patents and Access to Medicines Dichotomy: An Evaluation of TRIPs Implementation and Public Health Safeguards in Developing Countries
Tahir Amin

7. Seizure of Generic Pharmaceuticals in Transit Based on Allegations of Patent Infringement: A Threat to International Trade, Development and Public Welfare
Frederick M. Abbott

8. Patent Licensing Strategies for the Research and Development of Pharmaceuticals in Developing Countries
Gail E. Evans

9. Increasing Access through Incentives for Innovation: The Health Impact Fund
Laura Biron

10. Building IPC4D to Promote Access to Essential Medicines
Peter K. Yu

11. The Global Governance of HIV/AIDS and the Rugged Road Ahead: An Epilogue
Peter K. Yu

Appendices

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.2013
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Intellectual Property and Global Development series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
ISBN-10	1-84980-490-7 / 1849804907
ISBN-13	978-1-84980-490-5 / 9781849804905
Zustand	Neuware