Intellectual Property and Public Health in the Developing World - cover image

Copyright

Monirul Azam

Published On

2016-05-30

ISBN

Paperback978-1-78374-228-8
Hardback978-1-78374-229-5
PDF978-1-78374-230-1
HTML978-1-80064-512-7
XML978-1-78374-632-3
EPUB978-1-78374-231-8
MOBI978-1-78374-232-5

Language

  • English

Print Length

348 pages (xxiv + 324)

Dimensions

Paperback156 x 18 x 234 mm(6.14" x 0.73" x 9.21")
Hardback156 x 21 x 234 mm(6.14" x 0.81" x 9.21")

Weight

Paperback1085g (38.27oz)
Hardback1471g (51.89oz)

Media

Illustrations3
Tables15

OCLC Number

1129851935

LCCN

2019452719

BIC

  • LNR
  • LNRD
  • LNTM2
  • MBGR

BISAC

  • LAW050020
  • LAW093000
  • MED078000

LCC

  • RM671.5.D44

Keywords

  • Intellectual property
  • pharmaceutical patents
  • patent protection
  • developing World
  • Bangladesh
  • publich health
  • TRIPS

Intellectual Property and Public Health in the Developing World

  • Monirul Azam (author)
Across the world, developing countries are attempting to balance the international standards of intellectual property concerning pharmaceutical patents against the urgent need for accessible and affordable medicines. In this timely and necessary book, Monirul Azam examines the attempts of several developing countries to walk this fine line. He evaluates the experiences of Brazil, China, India, and South Africa for lessons to guide Bangladesh and developing nations everywhere. Azam's legal expertise, concern for public welfare, and compelling grasp of principal case studies make Intellectual Property and Public Health in the Developing World a definitive work.

The developing world is striving to meet the requirements of the World Trade Organization's TRIPS Agreement on intellectual property. This book sets out with lucidity and insight the background of the TRIPS Agreement and its implications for pharmaceutical patents, the consequences for developing countries, and the efforts of certain representative nations to comply with international stipulations while still maintaining local industry and public health. Azam then brings the weight of this research to bear on the particular case of Bangladesh, offering a number of specific policy recommendations for the Bangladeshi government—and for governments the world over.

Intellectual Property and Public Health in the Developing World is a must-read for public policy-makers, academics and students, non-governmental organizations, and readers everywhere who are interested in making sure that developing nations meet the health care needs of their people.

Reviews

The book is lucid in language, manageable in size and easy in navigation. Thus, legal scholars, researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders would find it as an excellent resource to successfully comprehend the dynamics of medicine patenting and public health concerns under TRIPS and post-TRIPS regimes for the developing word in general and Bangladesh in particular.

Mohammad Ataul Karim

"An excellent guide to TRIPS-complaint patent regimes and public health concerns in the developing world". Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (1747-1532), vol. 11, no. 10, 2016. doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpw114

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Contributors

Monirul Azam

(author)
Course Director of Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development at Stockholm University
Course Director in Intellectual Property Law at University of Chittagong