GGRB28H3 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - GGRB28 - Aids and ARVs. Pharmaceuticals, social movements and global health
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N to introduce the legislation on intellectual property (trips) and the way this affects drugs pricing. N to recognize the role of social activism in aids advocacy and policy. N trips came into effect at the end of the uruguay round of wto in 1994. N a lot of attention focused on antiretrovirals: expensive at that time due to patents. N pharma is a heavily subsidized industry through government programs. N parallel importing possibility of buying a said drug everywhere but at different prices around the world: people can go outside of the country and buy it for cheaper somewhere else. N generic production (compulsory licensing) when patents are broken or expired: in emergency situations, the government can break the patent and create the drug for cheaper. (ie: cheaper version of. N possibility of other bilateral trade agreements (ie: nafta) www. notesolution. com. N question the causal link between hiv and aids and the standard arv treatment.
