How do intellectual property law and international trade agreements affect access to antiretroviral therapy?
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 16881728.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 1526770.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Westerhaus and Castro argue that US-negotiated bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements are hindering access to essential HIV medicines in poor countries.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Retroviral Agents
- Commerce
- Health Services Accessibility
- Intellectual Property
- International Cooperation