The Dilemma of Intellectual Property Rights for Pharmaceuticals: The Tension Between Ensuring Access of the Poor to Medicines and Committing to International Agreements

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Globalization of intellectual property rights: Implications of the TRIPs agreement for access to HIV/AIDS drugs in Africa

✍ John Agada; John Gathegi; Johannes Britz; Peter Lor 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 62 KB

## Abstract During the past few decades, western countries have pushed for strengthening intellectual property (IP) rights, as well as enforcing them uniformly across the globe. This push came to a climax when the IP was removed from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to become a t