PHA-Exchange> A Patent Policy Proposal for Global Diseases

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HAS ANYBODY HEARD OF THIS?
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> Development Gateway
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>     Title: A Patent Policy Proposal for Global Diseases
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>     URL: http://econ.worldbank.org/prr/globalization/library/doc?id=2884
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>     Description: The HIV/AIDS crisis has focused public attention on the
price and accessibility of medicine for people in
> developing countries. The issue of pharmaceutical patents and the degree
to which they may have limited the creation and
> distribution of lower cost generic drugs for a number of diseases has been
the context of an important debate. This proposal, by
> Jean O. Lanjouw of Yale University (2001), considers how society can
promote pharmaceutical R&D and innovation and reduce welfare
> costs at the same time.