The patent system and the quest for affordable medicines

• Main Author: Cruz, Christopher E.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Patent medicines > Philippines; Patent medicines—Law and legislation > Philippines; Drugs—Prices > Philippines; Public health > Philippines; Commercial Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3423; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4425/type/native/viewcontent/ber.v18i1.698
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study examined how the patent system in the Philippines - as embodied by the Intellectual Property Code - affects the public's access to affordable medicines. It discussed the issue of patent protection vs. public health in the context of the Philippine pharmaceutical industry. The study d...