ABSTRACT

Intellectual Property, Medicine and Health examines critical issues and debates including access to knowledge and medicinal products, human rights and development, innovations in life technologies and the possibility for ethical frameworks for intellectual property law and its application in public health. The central question of trust and the beneficial interests of society in the use of products of intellectual property, particularly in the fulfillment of the right to access medicinal products, emerge as key to achieving meaningful access to knowledge in health and medicine and the realization of relevant and equitable use of the benefits of scientific research in all societies.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

part I|36 pages

Health

chapter 1|13 pages

The Life of Health

chapter 2|20 pages

The Health of Intellectual Property

part II|59 pages

Rights

chapter 3|20 pages

The Human Right to Health

chapter 4|17 pages

Health, Development, Culture

chapter 5|19 pages

Patent Morality

part III|39 pages

Life

chapter 6|18 pages

The Technology of Life

chapter 7|19 pages

Life’s Libraries

part IV|54 pages

Access

chapter 8|29 pages

Access

chapter 9|22 pages

Use

chapter |1 pages

Conclusion