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<span style="font-size:16px">Research Paper No. 145<br>
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9 February 2022<br>
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30 Pages<br>
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English<br>
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ISSN 1819-6926</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px">The South Centre is pleased to announce the publication of<b> </b><b>Research Paper No. 145 <i>The Right to Health in Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes </i></b>by<b> Emmanuel Kolawole </b></span></span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Oke, Lecturer in International Intellectual Property Law, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh. </b></span></font><br>
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<span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">This paper examines how the courts in three developing countries (Kenya, South Africa, and India) have addressed the tension between patent rights on pharmaceutical products and the right to health. The paper begins by examining the nature of the relationship between patent rights and the right to health. It thereafter explores the justiciability of the right to health in Kenya, South Africa, and India. Furthermore, the paper provides an analysis of how the courts in these three developing countries have adjudicated some of the pharmaceutical patent cases involving tensions between the right to health and patent rights. The paper contends that by incorporating the right to health into the adjudication of patent disputes, courts in developing countries can play a crucial role in improving access to medicines at affordable prices.</span></span></span><br>
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<i style="color:#000000;font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Este documento examina cómo los tribunales de tres países en desarrollo (Kenia, Sudáfrica e India) han abordado la tensión entre los derechos de patente sobre productos farmacéuticos y el derecho a la salud. El documento comienza examinando la naturaleza de la relación entre los derechos de patente y el derecho a la salud. A continuación, explora la justiciabilidad del derecho a la salud en Kenia, Sudáfrica y la India. Además, el documento ofrece un análisis de cómo los tribunales de estos tres países en desarrollo han resuelto algunos de los casos de patentes farmacéuticas que implican tensiones entre el derecho a la salud y los derechos de patente. El documento sostiene que, al incorporar el derecho a la salud en la resolución de los litigios sobre patentes, los tribunales de los países en desarrollo pueden desempeñar un papel crucial en la mejora del acceso a los medicamentos a precios asequibles.</i><br>
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<i style="color:#000000;font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Ce document examine comment les tribunaux de trois pays en développement (Kenya, Afrique du Sud et Inde) ont abordé la tension entre les droits de brevet sur les produits pharmaceutiques et le droit à la santé. Dans un premier temps, le document examine la nature de la relation entre les droits de brevet et le droit à la santé. Il explore ensuite la justiciabilité du droit à la santé au Kenya, en Afrique du Sud et en Inde. En outre, le document fournit une analyse de la manière dont les tribunaux de ces trois pays en développement ont statué sur certaines des affaires relatives aux brevets pharmaceutiques impliquant des tensions entre le droit à la santé et les droits de brevet. Le document soutient qu'en intégrant le droit à la santé dans le règlement des litiges relatifs aux brevets, les tribunaux des pays en développement peuvent jouer un rôle crucial dans l'amélioration de l'accès aux médicaments à des prix abordables.</i><br>
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