Patent Protection in the TRIPS Agreement and the Right to Health: Can They Be Reconciled?

Patent Protection in the TRIPS Agreement and the Right to Health: Can They Be Reconciled?

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The monopoly enjoyed by pharmaceutical manufacturers, resulting from the protection of intellectual property, directly affects the price of medicinal products and thus their availability, especially in developing and least-developed countries.The aim of the Juice Glasses article was to examine the provisions of the Front Loader Motor Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights adopted under the World Trade Organization, an attempt to answer the question of whether it is possible to reconcile the protection of intellectual property with the human right to health.