Australia’s position on medicines policy in international forums: Intellectual property protection and public health
Legge,DG, Gleeson,DH, Lofgren,H and Townsend,B 2014, Australia’s position on medicines policy in international forums: Intellectual property protection and public health, Journal of Australian political economy, no. 73, pp. 103-131.
Universal access to affordable medicines, which are safe, efficacious and of high quality, and which are appropriately used, depends on national legislation that is in turn constrained by a range of international agreements. This regulatory configuration also affects the profitability of the pharmaceutical industry, domestic and international. Tensions and contradictions between industry profitability and public health objectives relate to access, innovation and regulation.
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