Threat of compulsory licences could increase access to essential medicines

Gorik Ooms and Johanna Hanefeld argue that low and middle income countries could increase access to medicines by forming an alliance to credibly threaten companies with compulsory licences

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2019-05, Vol.365, p.l2098-l2098
Main Authors: Ooms, Gorik, Hanefeld, Johanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Analysis
Developing Countries
Drug and Narcotic Control - economics
Drug and Narcotic Control - methods
Drugs, Essential - classification
Drugs, Essential - economics
Drugs, Essential - supply & distribution
Generic products
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility - standards
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Intellectual Property
International Cooperation
International trade
Licenses
Licensure
Low income groups
Medicine
Pharmaceutical industry
Property rights
Public health
R&D
Research & development
Sustainable development
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Summary:Gorik Ooms and Johanna Hanefeld argue that low and middle income countries could increase access to medicines by forming an alliance to credibly threaten companies with compulsory licences
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.l2098