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Tripping over parents: barriers to access to pharmaceuticalmedicines in the developing world and proposed solutions to enhance access within the WTO framework
Four years after which members of the World Trade Organisation ("WTO") agreed upon a system by which developing countries could import generic versions of patented medicines produced without authorisation of patent holders to address public health needs, no country had yet spoken. 1 On July 19, 2007...
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| description | Four years after which members of the World Trade Organisation ("WTO") agreed upon a system by which developing countries could import generic versions of patented medicines produced without authorisation of patent holders to address public health needs, no country had yet spoken. 1 On July 19, 2007, Rwanda took a dramatic leap of faith to break the spell of silence and become the first and only country to inform the WTO of its intent to utilise those very procedures. Before Rwanda, no developing country had ever made use of compulsory licensing as a tool to address public health issues. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43262 Tripping over parents: barriers to access to pharmaceuticalmedicines in the developing world and proposed solutions to enhance access within the WTO framework Radfar, Naheed Collier, Debbie WTO framework pharmaceuticalmedicines Four years after which members of the World Trade Organisation ("WTO") agreed upon a system by which developing countries could import generic versions of patented medicines produced without authorisation of patent holders to address public health needs, no country had yet spoken. 1 On July 19, 2007, Rwanda took a dramatic leap of faith to break the spell of silence and become the first and only country to inform the WTO of its intent to utilise those very procedures. Before Rwanda, no developing country had ever made use of compulsory licensing as a tool to address public health issues. 2026-05-20T12:55:56Z 2026-05-20T12:55:56Z 2007 2026-05-20T12:51:09Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43262 en eng application/pdf Centre for Law and Society Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | WTO framework pharmaceuticalmedicines Radfar, Naheed Tripping over parents: barriers to access to pharmaceuticalmedicines in the developing world and proposed solutions to enhance access within the WTO framework |
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| title | Tripping over parents: barriers to access to pharmaceuticalmedicines in the developing world and proposed solutions to enhance access within the WTO framework |
| title_full | Tripping over parents: barriers to access to pharmaceuticalmedicines in the developing world and proposed solutions to enhance access within the WTO framework |
| title_fullStr | Tripping over parents: barriers to access to pharmaceuticalmedicines in the developing world and proposed solutions to enhance access within the WTO framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tripping over parents: barriers to access to pharmaceuticalmedicines in the developing world and proposed solutions to enhance access within the WTO framework |
| title_short | Tripping over parents: barriers to access to pharmaceuticalmedicines in the developing world and proposed solutions to enhance access within the WTO framework |
| title_sort | tripping over parents barriers to access to pharmaceuticalmedicines in the developing world and proposed solutions to enhance access within the wto framework |
| topic | WTO framework pharmaceuticalmedicines |
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