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Waiver Solution in Public Health and Pharmaceutical Domain under TRIPS Agreement

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Creator Thapa, Rojina
 
Date 2011-11-11T11:21:46Z
2011-11-11T11:21:46Z
2011-11
 
Identifier 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13057
 
Description 470-476
WTO adopted the waiver solution in compulsory licensing, beginning from the Doha Declaration to the amendment of TRIPS Agreement, to facilitate access to medicine to the countries lacking manufacturing capacity. This article examines challenges faced by countries while issuing compulsory licensing; waiver decision with regard to Article 31(f) and 31 (h) of TRIPS Agreement. The article further analyses the causes as to why the waiver solution has not been as effective as it was hoped and envisages an increase in its importance in the coming days.
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Rights <img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
 
Source JIPR Vol.16(6) [November 2011]
 
Subject Compulsory licensing
TRIPS Agreement
Doha Declaration
Article 31
 
Title Waiver Solution in Public Health and Pharmaceutical Domain under TRIPS Agreement
 
Type Article