The ethics of intellectual property law in the area of pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines during times of pandemics
The ethics of intellectual property law in the area of pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines during times of pandemics
au.link.externalLink | [Full Text] (http://www.assumptionjournal.au.edu/index.php/PrajnaVihara/article/view/6595/3458) | |
dc.contributor.author | Peeraput Thiendej | |
dc.contributor.author | Giordano, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-25T08:08:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-25T08:08:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.description.abstract | The course of the Covid 19 pandemic, has demonstrated the serious obstacles to the availability and access to vaccines for many less-developed countries. One obstacle involves the pharmaceutical patents which limited the ability of many countries to afford the necessary vaccines. For many, the intellectual property laws created by the World Trade Organization and TRIPS agreement has shown itself to be unfair to less-developed countries. This is also seen as a problem in global justice. There is an increasing belief that pharmaceutical patents should be waived in times of emergency. But the question is how to justify these waivers? One approach might be the idea of the commons which underlies intellectual property in it most basic form. This paper explores ways of reforming intellectual property law in light of the recent problems connected to the Covid pandemic. | |
dc.format.extent | 11 pages | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.citation | Prajna Vihara: The Journal of Philosophy and Religion 23, 1 (January-June 2022), 122-132 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.au.edu/handle/6623004553/25387 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Bangkok : Assumption University Press | |
dc.rights | This work is protected by copyright. Reproduction or distribution of the work in any format is prohibited without written permission of the copyright owner. | |
dc.rights.holder | Assumption University | |
dc.subject | Intellectual property rights | |
dc.subject | Vaccine patents | |
dc.subject | Intellectual commons | |
dc.subject | Pandemics | |
dc.subject.other | Prajna Vihara: -- Journal of Philosophy and Religion | |
dc.subject.other | Prajna Vihara: -- Journal of Philosophy and Religion -- 2022 | |
dc.title | The ethics of intellectual property law in the area of pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines during times of pandemics | |
dc.type | Text | |
mods.genre | Journal Article |
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