Negotiating health : intellectual property and access to medicines / edited by Pedro Roffe, Geoff Tansey and David Vivas-Eugui. - London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2006. - xviii, 302 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-295) and index.

From Paris to Doha : the WTO Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health / Pedro Roffe with Christoph Spennemann and Johanna von Braun -- The cycle of action and reaction : developments and trends in intellectual property and health / Frederick M. Abbott -- -- Ensuring access to medicines in 2005 and beyond / Karin Timmermans -- Role, perspectives and challenges of the generic pharmaceutical industry in Latin America / Mirta Levis -- Market concentration of the transnational pharmaceutical industry and the generic industries : trends on mergers, acquisitions and other transactions / Barbara Rosenberg -- Protecting test data for pharmaceutical and agrochemical products under free trade agreements / Carlos M. Correa -- Intellectual property, data exclusivity, innovation and market access / Meir Perez Pugatch -- The international legal status of undisclosed clinical trial data : from private to public goods? / Jerome H. Reichman -- Data protection : options for implementation / Robert Weissman -- Advancing public health by other means: using competition policy / Jonathan Berger -- Product development partnerships on neglected diseases : intellectual property and improving access to pharmaceuticals for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria / Roy Widdus -- Creating and promoting domestic drug manufacturing capacities : a solution for developing countries? / Joan Rovira -- Four practical measures to enhance access to medical technologies / James Love -- Expanding policy options for access to medicines for all / Geoff Tansey.

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Medical policy.
Drugs.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Health services accessibility.
Intellectual property.
Patent laws and legislation.
Drug Industry--ethics.
Drugs, Essential.
Intellectual Property.
Patents--ethics.
World Health.

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