Compulsory licensing: an effective tool for securing access to Covid-19 vaccines for developing states?

Compulsory Licensing and Access to Medicine in Developing Countries

An exploration of compulsory licensing as an effective policy tool for antiretroviral drugs in India.

Access to affordable drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and other diseases is increasingly challenging in many developing countries such as Brazil, South Africa, and India. These challenges are in part the result of strengthened patent laws mandated by the 1994 Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) treaty. However, there are underutilized instruments within TRIPS that g...

Finding flaws: the limitations of compulsory licensing for improving access to medicines--an international comparison.

East Asia's Strategies for Effective Response to COVID-19: Lessons Learned for Iran

The spread of the new Corona virus, known as COVID-19, has raised concerns and problems for many countries, and its out-of-China exposure is worryingly increasing. This trend is increasing in our country as well and has reached a critical point in some of the infected cities. This article attempts to provide appropriate strategies for controlling the virus for Iran based on the East Asia countr...

Developing an Assessment Tool for Nursing Students` General Clinical Performance

Introduction: The necessity of valid and reliable assessment tools is one of the most emphasized issues in literature related to nursing students` clinical assessment. But it is believed that the present tools are mostly not valid and reliable, and can not measure students` performances properly. The aim of this study was to design a valid and reliable assessment tool for evaluation of nursing ...