Public health innovation and intellectual property rights: report of the commission on intellectual property rights, innovation & public health
- WHO Geneva 2006
- xii, 204 p. ill., tbls.
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Summarizes the existing evidence on the prevalence of diseases of public health importance, particularly those affecting poor people and their social and economic impact. Considers the importance and effectiveness of intellectual property regimes, incentives and other funding mechanisms for stimulating research, creating new medicines and other products and facilitating access to them.
General
92-4-156-323-0
HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH
DISEASES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH EDUCATION
PATENTS
POVERTY
HIV/AIDS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
SANITATION
INTELLECTUAL POVERTY
00913-GG
Full text available online
Summarizes the existing evidence on the prevalence of diseases of public health importance, particularly those affecting poor people and their social and economic impact. Considers the importance and effectiveness of intellectual property regimes, incentives and other funding mechanisms for stimulating research, creating new medicines and other products and facilitating access to them.
General
92-4-156-323-0
HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH
DISEASES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH EDUCATION
PATENTS
POVERTY
HIV/AIDS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
SANITATION
INTELLECTUAL POVERTY
00913-GG