The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Patents US Sectional Interests and the African Group at the WTO |
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| Author:
| Marcellin, Sherry S. |
| Series title: | Global Health Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4094-8903-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $134.95 |
Book Description:
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A fresh, multidisciplinary and exciting look at the making and remaking of pharmaceutical patents at the GAT/WTO, utilizing a Coxian political economy of continuity and change in the global political economy (GPE). Marcellin addresses the role of the transnational drug industry in the making of the patent provisions in the original TRIPS Agreement, and consequently the role of the African Group at the WTO in the remaking of patent provisions.
A fresh, multidisciplinary and exciting look at the making and remaking of pharmaceutical patents at the GAT/WTO, utilizing a Coxian political economy of continuity and change in the global political economy (GPE). Marcellin addresses the role of the transnational drug industry in the making of the patent provisions in the original TRIPS Agreement, and consequently the role of the African Group at the WTO in the remaking of patent provisions.