Access to Medicines as a Human Right: Implications for Pharmaceutical Industry Responsibility

✍ Scribed by Lisa Forman; Jillian Clare Kohler

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 222
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Access to Medicines as a Human Right identifies innovative solutions applicable in both global and domestic forums, making it a valuable resource for the vast field of scholars, legal practitioners, and policymakers who must confront this challenging issue.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
1.Introduction: Access to Medicines as a Human Right - What Does It Mean for Pharmaceutical Industry Responsibilities?
PART ONE. Rights, Norms, and Ethics
2. Human Rights Responsibilities of Pharmaceutical Companies in Relation to Access to Medicines
3. Improving Access to Essential Medicines: International Law and Normative Change
4. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Right to Essential Medicines
PART TWO. Social versus Business Responsibilities
5. Benchmarking and Transparency: Incentives for the Pharmaceutical Industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility
6. Social Responsibility and Marketing of Drugs in Developing Countries: A Goal or an Oxymoron?
PART THREE. Case Studies for Achieving Corporate Responsibility
7. Managing the Market for Medicines Access: Realizing the Right to Health by Facilitating Compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceuticals - A Case Study of Legislation and the Need for Reform
8. Ubuntu, AIDS, and the King II Report: Reflections on Corporate Social Responsibility in South Africa
Annex: Human Rights Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies in Relation to Access to Medicines
Contributors