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.
9780199676743 (hbk) 0199676747 (hbk)
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.