HEALTH CARE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY “If we believe men have any personal rights at all as human beings‚ they have an absolute right to such measure of good health as society‚ and society alone‚ can give them” -Aristotle‚ 4th Century B.C. INTRODUCTION A good health in a nation’s population is not only a moral good in itself‚ but also a prerequisite for economic growth and sustainable development. A right to healthcare has long been recognized in most civilized societies and now accepted
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Pharmaceutical Companies and Ethics It would be a mistake to claim that the pharmaceutical industry has not contributed to a better way of life and a better standard of living. They have come up with treatments for cancer-in some types of cancer they have even come up with the cure. It would also be naïve however to pretend that there are not some issues that have come up throughout the years that lead us to question whether the pharmaceutical industry’s main concern is the well being of the patients
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Intellectual property (IP) Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ and symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce. Under intellectual property law‚ owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets‚ such as musical‚ literary‚ and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words‚ phrases‚ symbols‚ and designs. 1.2 The Two Branches of Intellectual Property: Industrial Property and Copyright
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The global pharmaceutical industry Introduction Pharmaceutical industry is the one of big revenue business in the world. There are lots of company gains a lot of profit and market share in this industry. Most of those companies were established in 19 century and early 20 century. This study explains their model development process of pharmaceutical industry‚ it details some issue like Thalidomide tragedy in 1970’s and legislation‚ then decreases the risk of side effect and protects the patient
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Intellectual Property Laws of India James Thanickan When India became a Republic in 1950‚ India had Intellectual Property legislations on copyrights‚ patents‚ designs and trade marks. These were mostly adaptations of the laws of Great Britain in each area and were of general international norms. Subsequently‚ India modified the Intellectual Property legislations to make them meet national needs and requirements. Pursuant to the country’s joining the World Trade Organisation‚ India either modified
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Global Rape Epidemic Nowadays‚ there is a global rape epidemic and there are just a few laws to prevent it. Sexual violence against women is a big issue in society because women’s human rights are being violated. It leads to too many health problems‚ for example‚ exposure to HIV and also to physical and mental problems. There are some countries who allow the rapist to get married with the victim in order to stay free and impunity from their crime. Government should stop this as soon as possible
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The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is a huge organisation‚ with a vast number of areas that could be discussed in this essay. Though there are numerous definitions of what the World Intellectual Property Organisation is‚ I will give a description of how I see the organisation. There is an immense history behind the establishment we see today‚ I will give an enlightenment of how this history took place. I will also discuss the aims and purpose WIPO and how it plays its part in the
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disease. The AIDS epidemic continues to be incurable. In an essay written by David Herlihy‚ entitled "Bubonic Plague: Historical Epidemiology and the Medical Problems‚" the historic bubonic plague is compared with the current AIDS epidemic of today. According to his research‚ AIDS will probably prove to be the plague of the millennium (Herlihy p. 18). If one compares the epidemiology and social impact of these diseases they prove to be quite similar. The current AIDS epidemic has the potential
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The Politicization of Intellectual Property Rights Yuan Yuan Wang Senior Thesis On November 21st‚ 2011‚ the United States and China signed a intellectual property framework agreement in order to address some of the intellectual property issues that have plagued economic relations between the two countries. The agreement called for both countries to open up a constructive dialogue regarding intellectual property issues‚ as well as for the formation of a third party task
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since all of the chaos with the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s‚ it has drastically changed for the better in some cases. It’s mainly sexually transmitted‚ but in some cases today it’s mainly spread from drug users using unsanitary needles and equipment. Also‚ according to the CDC‚ around half of the cases being evaluated are of gay and bisexual men. Cases are more noticeable in the Southern and Eastern states. A lot has changed over the years and the topic of HIV/AIDS is unfortunately not talked about
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