Intellectual Property, Medicine and Health

Download or read book Intellectual Property, Medicine and Health written by Johanna Gibson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 second edition accounts for recent and in some areas extensive developments in this dynamic and fast-moving field. This edition brings together new and updated examples and analysis in competition and regulation, gene-related inventions and biotechnology, as well as significant cases, including Novartis v Union of India.