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Monopolies on Biologics, including Vaccines: The case for reform in intellectual property and pharmaceutical regulation

This report, a collaborative effort from the AccessIBSA project and the Third World Network (TWN), examines monopolies on biologics, including caccines, in India, and makes the case for reform of Indian laws and policies governing the management of intellectual property and pharmaceutical regulation.

Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development: A better set of approaches for the 21st Century (in Chinese)

Translated by Jianjun Zhou, this paper, authored by Arjun Jayadev, Dean Baker & Joseph Stiglitz, was earlier published in English and Portuguese by the accessibsa project.

Medicines under Exclusivity Situation funded by the Ministry of Health: Analysis of the Patent Situation and Public Procurement

This report examines how and why the Government of Brazil buys monopoly-produced medicines, even in situations where the patent status of the medicine in question is not clear, thus analysing various avenues by which public procurement of medicines could be made more competitive, much cheaper, and ultimately, more beneficial to the people of Brazil.

Gabriela Costa Chaves, Marcela Cristina Fogaça Vieira, Roberta Dorneles F. da Costa, Mariani Nunes Sadock Vianna

Indian civil society responds to the Draft Patent Manual

accessibsa joined the MSF Access Campaign and the Centre for Internet & Society to write detailed policy recommendations for the Patent Office Manual, which guides how patents are examined in India.

Innovation and Intellectual Property in South Africa: The Case for Reform

Jonathan Berger and Andrew Rens