Trade and Investment

Public Health and “Counterfeit” Medicines: The Role of the World Health Organization

Introduction

The normative and policy-setting functions of the World Health Organization (“WHO”) have been substantially influenced by the differences of opinion within WHO’s membership about the impact of trade and intellectual property (“IP”) rules on public health. In particular, WHO members differ as to the organization’s role in addressing the perceived failure of the pharmaceutical market to generate safe and affordable medicines for diseases predominantly affecting developing countries.

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17
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2
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Gian Luca Burci
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Organizations of Note: 

World Health Organization

World Health Assembly

International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce — IMPACT

Working Group of Member States on
Substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/
counterfeit medical products

INTERPOL

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Author: 
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In Metal-Tech Ltd. v.

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Topic 1
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17
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23
Author: 
Jamie Strawbridge
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Click here for fact sheet (approximately 3 pages); click

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