A conceptual framework for investigating the impacts of international trade and investment agreements on noncommunicable disease risk factors

A Schram, A Ruckert, JA VanDuzer… - Health Policy and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We developed a conceptual framework exploring pathways between trade and investment
and noncommunicable disease (NCD) outcomes. Despite increased knowledge of the …

The pharmaceutical industry in contemporary capitalism

J Lexchin - Monthly Review, 2018 - search.proquest.com
Lexchin cites that the pharmaceutical industry has remained near or at the top of the list for
profitability for many decades. The myth is that its profits come from producing and selling …

Patently obvious: a public health analysis of pharmaceutical industry statements on the Trans-Pacific Partnership international trade agreement

PM Neuwelt, D Gleeson, B Mannering - Critical Public Health, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a regional trade agreement being
negotiated by 12 countries, including New Zealand and the United States of America (USA) …

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: reaching behind the border, challenging democracy

P Ranald - The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2015 - cambridge.org
In an era where legally binding international trade agreements are increasingly shaping
domestic regulation in a wide range of areas, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement …

Exploring evergreening: insights from two medicines

HVJ Moir - Australian Economic Review, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Litigated pharmaceutical patents are a valuable source of data on how much inventiveness
is required for a patent grant and what are the costs of patents. Although innovation is …

Trade, investment and the global economy: are we entering a new era for health?

R Labonté, A Ruckert, A Schram - Global Social Policy, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Although officially dead due to US withdrawal from agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership
agreement (TPP) is now in a 'zombie'state being resurrected in different ways by most of its …

The trans Pacific partnership agreement and access to HIV treatment in Vietnam

HVJ Moir, B Tenni, D Gleeson, R Lopert - Global Public Health, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations, the USA
successfully pursued intellectual property (IP) provisions that will affect the affordability of …

Intellectual property in the trans-pacific partnership: Increasing the barriers for the access to affordable medicines

CM Correa - Mega-regional trade agreements, 2017 - Springer
Most free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by the United States, the European Union and the
members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in the last 15 years contain …

Trans-Pacific partnership agreement and its impact on accessibility and affordability of medicines: a meta-synthesis

YY Yap, CP Wong, KS Lee, LC Ming… - … & Regulatory Science, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This article aims to discuss the main consequences of the implementation of the Trans-
Pacific Partnership Agreement (TTPA) in the pharmaceutical sector in regard to public …

[PDF][PDF] Patent linkage: possible impact on Malaysia's access to medicines

R Idris - Scholars J Appl Med Sci, 2016 - researchgate.net
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is an agreement which being argued as to bring many
economic benefits to signatory countries. FTA generally aims at removing trade barriers and …