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Author: | Byrne, S. (et al.) |
Title: | Patent rights or patent wrongs? The case of patent rights on AIDS drugs |
Journal: | Business Ethics
2006 : JUL, VOL 15:3, p. 299-305 |
Index terms: | patent law patents intellectual property law pharmaceutical industry aids ethics business ethics developing countries |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The prize-winning paper explores the ethical questions concerning patent rights on AIDS drugs. Specifically, the main dilemma relates to the question of whether such patents should be internationally respected, or whether they should be ignored in order that low-cost generic drugs may be distributed to AIDS victims in developing countries. The article includes a letter to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
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