Health Technologies and International Intellectual Property Law: A Precautionary Approach

From the late twentieth century onwards, several global virus transmissions have exposed the lack of a mature legal framework in international public health to provide prompt, concrete and specific guidance during a large-scale emergency. This book brings together international trade law and intellectual property law to show how risk analysis and a precautionary approach should be taken in the intellectual property regime to enable states to issue a compulsory licence of a drug patent in order to enhance access to medicines in a public health emergency.

• | Author: Phoebe Li
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Dec 11, 2013
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0415823617
• | ISBN-13: 9780415823616