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Patents and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: How TPP-style intellectual property standards may exacerbate the access to medicines problem in the East African Community

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  • Olasupo Owoeye
  • Olugbenga Olatunji
  • Bukola Faturoti

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Least developed countries (LDCs) generally enjoy some exemptions under the WTO TRIPS Agreement. Despite these exemptions, patents continue to pose a major challenge to access to affordable medicines in the East African Community (EAC), especially with respect to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The EAC is a regional economic bloc made up of six states, with five of the member states currently ranked as LDCs by the United Nations. This article argues that the implementation of the patent protection standards following the model adopted in the Trans-Pacific Partnership is likely to further exacerbate the access to medicines conundrum of the EAC.

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  • Olasupo Owoeye & Olugbenga Olatunji & Bukola Faturoti, 2019. "Patents and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: How TPP-style intellectual property standards may exacerbate the access to medicines problem in the East African Community," The International Trade Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(2), pages 197-218, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uitjxx:v:33:y:2019:i:2:p:197-218
    DOI: 10.1080/08853908.2017.1386143
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    1. Shiri Mermelstein & Hilde Stevens, 2022. "TRIPS to Where? A Narrative Review of the Empirical Literature on Intellectual Property Licensing Models to Promote Global Diffusion of Essential Medicines," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/337220, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

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