Regional Cooperation, Intellectual Property Law and Access to Medicine - A Holistic Approach for Least Developed Countries

This book examines the potential for regionalization of intellectual property law and policy as a means of improving pharmaceutical access for least developed countries. It takes the East African Community as a case study of developing and least developed countries to illustrate why and how a regional collective approach is preferred.

List of contents

1. Setting the Scene: The Context and the Problem; 2. Contextual Analysis of East African Countries' Healthcare Systems and Epidemiology; 3. Leveraging TRIPS Flexibilities for Pharmaceutical Access- A Survey of EAC Partner States' Patent Laws; 4. TRIPS Amendment's Special Regional Treatment- An Appraisal; 5. The Feasibility or Otherwise of Regional Pharmaceutical Production in the EAC; 6. Regional Cooperation, Human Rights and Equitable Vaccine Distribution - The COVID-19 Pandemic Experience; 7. Charting the regional cooperative path

About the author

Tolulope Anthony Adekola is a Research Fellow at TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Tolulope Anthony Adekola
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032379043
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237904-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Routledge Research in Health Law
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; LAW / General, LAW / Intellectual Property / Patent, International Law, International Economics, comparative law, intellectual property law, Medical & healthcare law, Development Studies, International Trade, Medical and healthcare law, LAW / Health & Safety