Olasupo Owoeye
Patents and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: how TPP-style intellectual property standards may exacerbate the access to medicines problems in the East African community.
Owoeye, Olasupo; Olatunji, Olugbenga; Faturoti, Bukola
Authors
Olugbenga Olatunji
Bukola Faturoti
Abstract
Least developed countries (LDCs) generally enjoy some exemptions under the WTO TRIPS Agreement. Despite these exemptions, patents continue to pose a major challenge to access to affordable medicines in the East African Community (EAC), especially with respect to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The EAC is a regional economic bloc made up of 6 states, with 5 of the member states currently ranked as LDCs by the United Nations. This article argues that the implementation of the patent protection standards following the model adopted in the Trans-Pacific Partnership is likely to further exacerbate the access to medicines conundrum of the EAC.
Citation
OWOEYE, O., OLATUNJI, O. and FATUROTI, B. 2019. Patents and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: how TPP-style intellectual property standards may exacerbate the access to medicines problems in the East African community. International trade journal [online], 33(2), pages 197-218. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08853908.2017.1386143
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 27, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 31, 2017 |
Publication Date | Apr 30, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Oct 9, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | May 1, 2019 |
Journal | International trade journal |
Print ISSN | 0885-3908 |
Electronic ISSN | 1521-0545 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 33 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 197-218 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/08853908.2017.1386143 |
Keywords | International trade; Intellectual property; Pharmaceutical patents; Access to medicines |
Public URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2539 |
Contract Date | Oct 9, 2017 |
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