Shadlen, C. Kenneth; Guennif, Samira; Guzmán , Alenka; Lalitha, N. --- "Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals and Public Health" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011) [2011] ELECD 948

Editor(s): Shadlen, C. Kenneth; Guennif, Samira; Guzmán , Alenka; Lalitha, N.

Title: Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals and Public Health

Sub-title: Access to Drugs in Developing Countries

Topics: Development Economics; Law and Development; Health Policy and Economics; Political Economy; Intellectual Property Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 30 November 2011

Number of pages: 352

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849800143

ISBN (soft cover): 9780857938794

EISBN: 9780857938619

Abstract/Description:

This up-to-date book examines pharmaceutical development, access to medicines, and the protection of public health in the context of two fundamental changes that the global political economy has undergone since the 1970s, the globalization of trade and production and the increased harmonization of national regulations on intellectual property rights.

With authors from eleven different countries presenting case studies of national experiences in Africa, Asia and the Americas, the book analyzes national strategies to promote pharmaceutical innovation, while at the same time assuring widespread access to medicines through generic pharmaceutical production and generic pharmaceutical importation. The expert chapters focus on patents as well as an array of regulatory instruments, including pricing and drug registration policies.

Presenting in-depth analysis and original empirical research, this book will strongly appeal to academics and students of intellectual property, international health, international political economy, international development and law.