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How Do Intellectual Property Law and International Trade Agreements Affect Access to Antiretroviral Therapy?

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  • Michael Westerhaus
  • Arachu Castro

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Westerhaus and Castro argue that US-negotiated bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements are hindering access to essential HIV medicines in poor countries.

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  • Michael Westerhaus & Arachu Castro, 2006. "How Do Intellectual Property Law and International Trade Agreements Affect Access to Antiretroviral Therapy?," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 3(8), pages 1-7, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:0030332
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030332
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    1. Colleen V Chien, 2007. "HIV/AIDS Drugs for Sub-Saharan Africa: How Do Brand and Generic Supply Compare?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 2(3), pages 1-6, March.
    2. Joel Gilbourd, 2007. "APEC and Infectious Disease: Meeting the Challenge," Asia Pacific Economic Papers 367, Australia-Japan Research Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    3. Margaret K. Kyle & Anita M. McGahan, 2012. "Investments in Pharmaceuticals Before and After TRIPS," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 94(4), pages 1157-1172, November.
    4. Joel Gilbourd, 2007. "APEC and Infectious Disease : Meeting the Challenge," Development Economics Working Papers 21903, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.
    5. repec:dau:papers:123456789/4340 is not listed on IDEAS
    6. Theo Papaioannou, 2016. "Marx and Sen on incentives and justice: Implications for innovation and development," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 16(4), pages 297-313, October.
    7. Papaioannou, Theo & Watkins, Andrew & Mugwagwa, Julius & Kale, Dinar, 2016. "To Lobby or to Partner? Investigating the Shifting Political Strategies of Biopharmaceutical Industry Associations in Innovation Systems of South Africa and India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 66-79.
    8. Papaioannou Theo & Watkins Andrew & Kale Dinar & Mugwagwa Julius, 2015. "Industry associations, health innovation systems and politics of development: the cases of India and South Africa," Business and Politics, De Gruyter, vol. 17(2), pages 253-289, August.

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