Can International Patent Law Help Mitigate Cancer Inequity in LMICs? Academic Article

abstract

• Although low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear 75% of the cancer burden globally, their available resources to treat cancer constitute less than 5% of global health resources. This inequity makes it imperative to take appropriate measures to treat and prevent cancer in LMICs, which should include consideration of trade and patent policies. This article highlights some impediments to effective use of existing policies to promote access to treatment and prevention measures in LMICs and offers recommendations about next steps.

authors

• Ragavan, Srividhya

published proceedings

• AMA journal of ethics

altmetric score

• 0.25

author list (cited authors)

• Ragavan, S., & Vanni, A.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Ragavan, Srividya||Vanni, Amaka

publication date

• February 2020

publisher

• American Medical Association  Publisher

published in

• AMA journal of ethics  Journal

keywords

• Developing Countries
• Global Health
• Health Services Accessibility
• Healthcare Disparities
• Humans
• Intellectual Property
• International Law
• Neoplasms
• Patents As Topic

PubMed Central ID

• 32048580

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1001/amajethics.2020.102

URI

• https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1365

start page

• 102

end page

• 111

volume

• 22

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/amajethics.2020.102

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being