Patenting of Pharmaceuticals and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Laws, Institutions, Practices, and Politics /

• Main Author: Adusei, Poku. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Law.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Public health.; Development Economics.; Industrial organization (Economic theory).; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.; Industrial Organization.; Public Health.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32515-1

This book critically investigates the patent protection of medication in light of the threats posed by HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis epidemics to the citizens of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (hereinafter SSA or Africa ). The book outlines the systemic problems associated with the prevaili...

Table of Contents:

• General introduction and overview
• Exploring the conceptual domains for patent discourse in global trade relations
• Evolutionary trajectories of patents and the politics of exclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
• The myth of patent justifications: triumph and failure dichotomy in the north and south
• Patent regulatory and institutional mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Pharmaceutical patents, the right to health, and constitutional supremacy in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Pharmaceutical patents and human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
• General conclusions.