The New Political Economy of Pharmaceuticals

Production, Innovation and TRIPS in the Global South

• Author(s): O. Williams,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Pages: 265
• ISBN_10: 0230284639
  ISBN_13: 9780230284630
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Political Science / International Relations / General , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues , Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development ,

Description:... Some two decades will shortly have passed since the WTO's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement came into force in 1995. This volume is the first cross-country analysis of how TRIPS has affected the capacity of 11 major low or medium income countries to produce generic drugs.