Patenting of Pharmaceuticals and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Laws, Institutions, Practices, and Politics /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Adusei, Poku (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Law.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Public health.; International law.; Trade.; Intellectual property > Law and legislation.; Industrial organization.; Development economics.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.; Industrial Organization.; Public Health.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; Development Economics.

This book critically investigates the patent protection of medication in light of the threats posed by HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis epidemics to the citizens of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (hereinafter “SSA” or “Africa”). The book outlines the systemic problems associated with the prevaili...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• General introduction and overview
• Exploring the conceptual domains for patent discourse in global trade relations
• Evolutionary trajectories of patents and the politics of exclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
• The ‘myth’ of patent justifications: triumph and failure dichotomy in the north and south
• Patent regulatory and institutional mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Pharmaceutical patents, the right to health, and constitutional supremacy in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Pharmaceutical patents and human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
• General conclusions.