Patent pooling to increase access to essential medicines

Bull World Health Organ. 2019 Aug 1;97(8):575-577. doi: 10.2471/BLT.18.229179. Epub 2019 Jun 11.

Authors

Esteban Burrone¹, Dzintars Gotham¹, Andy Gray², Kees de Joncheere³, Nicola Magrini⁴, Yehoda M Martei⁵, Charles Gore¹, Marie Paule Kieny¹

Affiliations

¹ Medicines Patent Pool, 7 Rue de Varembé, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
² Division of Pharmacology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
³ Netherlands Antibiotic Development Platform, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁴ Essential Medicines and Health Products Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Hematology-Oncology Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America.

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MeSH terms

Developing Countries*
Drugs, Essential / supply & distribution*
Drugs, Generic / supply & distribution
Global Health*
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Patents as Topic / legislation & jurisprudence*

Substances

Drugs, Essential
Drugs, Generic

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