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Prevailing Patent Regime: Its Dominance And Effect On Access To Medicines




Ashuti Panjwani & Praveen Kumar Shukla


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The TRIPS has defined Intellectual Property Rights as rights given to persons over creations of their minds. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain period of time. It pertains to any original creation of the human intellect such as artistic, literary, technical or scientific creation and it is also settled that IP plays a vital role in the modern economy. One can observe that Research and Development (R&D) is scaling globally by leaps and bounds predominantly the pharmaceutical industry. This article has tried to put forth the nexus between IPR and access to medicines which is also a targeted goal in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals which were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people of enjoy peace and prosperity.


Keywords: Health, pharmaceutical industry, patent protection, access to medicines, Sustainable Development Goals, TRIPS.

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Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research

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