AIDS Drug as an Unregulated Commodity: Unravelling the Limits of the Current Patent Laws

Indraswara, H. Angga (2011) AIDS Drug as an Unregulated Commodity: Unravelling the Limits of the Current Patent Laws. Cover, contents, article, 32 (3). pp. 123-141. ISSN 0126-0243

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Abstract

One of the main issues in the global endeavour to combat HIV/AIDS is the patent rights of pharmaceutical companies on antiretroviral drugs. While pharmaceutical companies insisted that patent rights are necessary to continue research and development, Third World countries claimed that patent rights hinders universal access. Against this backdrop, this essay argues that patent rights transform antiretroviral drugs into an unregulated commodity, which is distributed based on a person’s purchasing power, and thus preventing universal access. As such, to enhance the global effort to fight against HIV/AIDS, it is necessary to develop global cooperation, in which antiretroviral drugs become a regulated commodity. Key words: HIV/AIDS, pharmaceutical companies, patent rights, unregulated commodity, regulated commodity, global cooperation and economic democracy.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions: Program Sarjana > Program Studi Filsafat Keilahian
Depositing User: ThM .-
Date Deposited: 05 Apr 2025 23:25
Last Modified: 05 Apr 2025 23:25
URI: http://repo.driyarkara.ac.id/id/eprint/2208

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