WTO, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Access to Medicines Controversy.

Provides background on Aug. 2003 World Trade Organization agreement authorizing developing countries to issue compulsory licenses to third-country producers to manufacture affordable, generic versions of patented drugs needed to combat HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, and other public health epidemics...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	AIDS (Disease) Diseases. Drugs. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book