SHOULD MEDICINES AND DRUGS BE KEPT OUT OF PATENT REGIME?

Author Name: Sunil Kumar

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/02.2021-85742778/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Ph.d Scholar, Dept. of Law, MLS University Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

ABSTRACT

Health is one of the most basic fundamental rights of a human being and adequate measures needs to be taken in order to protect it. Providing access to essential drugs and medicines is one of the means by which this essential right of individual could be protected.The question whether drugs and medicines should be granted patent protection or should they be kept out of patent protection regime is one of the hotly debated questions to the World Trade Organization. The issue has attracted strong views and comments from people all across the globe.

Key words: Compulsory Licensing, Indispensable medicines, Lifesaving or Vital Drugs, Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)