Policy Space for Public Health & SDG3: A Literature Review on the Impact of Trade and Investment Treaties on Access to Medicines
In 1995, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) introduced mandatory pharmaceutical patenting to the developing world for the first time. Alongside the regulatory challenges that this produced, TRIPS explicitly permitted some flexibilities enabling countries to protect intellectual property in diverse ways. Subsequently, modern bilateral and regional free trade agreements contain additional […]