OVER the last few decades, people in the developing world have been rejecting the intellectual property (IP) regime as it has been increasingly imposed on them following the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), including its trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPs) regime.

India’s rejection of secondary patents has kept blockbuster medicines affordable for many

Is the current patent system the best way to encourage meaningful research? From the vantage of economics, views both pro and con have been expressed.

Custos com medicamentos e viabilidade do SUS estariam ameaçados, segundo simulações da Fiocruz

A network of civil society organisations chose the birthplace of the World Trade Organization, Marrakesh, to hold a global summit on intellectual property and access to medicines this week.