Dreyfuss Rochelle C,Ed.

Balancing wealth and health : the battle over intellectual property and access to medicines in Latin America / edited by Rochelle C. Dreyfuss and César Rodríguez-Garavito. - First edition. - UK, OUP, 2014. - xvi, 352 pages ; - Law and global governance series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The battle over intellectual property laws and access to medicines in Latin America : a primer on global administrative law, intellectual property, and political contestation / Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and César Rodríguez-Garavito -- The recursivity of global lawmaking in the struggle for an Argentine policy on pharmaceutical patents / Paola Bergallo and Agustina Ramón Michel -- Brazil and the case of patents and access to medicines : a medical condition? / Mônica Steffen Guise Rosina and Adelina de Oliveira Novaes -- CAFTA, intellectual property, and the right to health in Central America / Angelina Snodgrass Godoy -- Chile : the case of IP opposition from predominantly private interests / Salvador Millaleo H. -- A golden straitjacket? : the struggle over patents and access to medicines in Colombia / César Rodríguez-Garavito -- Pharmaceutical intellectual property rights protection and access to medicines in Ecuador : state sovereignty and transnational advocacy networks / Tatiana Andia -- Special 301 and global administrative law / Sean Flynn -- The influence of the Andean intellectual property regime on access to medicines in Latin America / Laurence R. Helfer and Karen J. Alter -- Going local in the era of TRIPS implementation / Amy Kapczynski -- Human rights frames in IP contests / Molly Land -- The rights-based approach to intellectual property and access to medicine : parameters and pitfalls / Smita Narula -- The role of WIPO in access to medicines / Ruth L. Okediji -- Conclusion : balancing wealth and health in a transnational regulatory framework / Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and César Rodríguez-Garavito.

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Drugs--Latin America
Drug accessibility--Latin America.
Conflict of laws--Latin America.
Legislation, Drug--Latin America.
Health Services Accessibility--Latin America.
Patents as Topic--Latin America.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--Latin America.
Medizin.
Patentrecht.
Urheberrecht.

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