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L'accès aux traitements antisida en Afrique : une analyse de la stratégie de brevet des entreprises multinationales

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  • Samira Guennif
  • Claude Mfuka

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According to Attaran and Gillespie-White (2001), there is no link between patents and poor access to HIV/AIDS treatments in Africa since multinationals patent a few. Questioning what the authors call the rule and the exceptions, this paper shows that multinationals use patents as entry barriers towards southern generics producers, which impedes access to medicines and hinders the industrial development of these generics producers.

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  • Samira Guennif & Claude Mfuka, 2005. "L'accès aux traitements antisida en Afrique : une analyse de la stratégie de brevet des entreprises multinationales," Mondes en développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 131(3), pages 75-86.
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