Pharmaceutical patents and the quality of mental healthcare in low- and middle-income countries
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Royal College of Psychiatrists
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The World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right (TRIPS) agreement concluded in 1994 includes patent protection for pharmaceuticals. The TRIPS standards had to be complied with by ‘developing’ countries by 2005 and by ‘least developed’ countries ...
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patents, pharmaceuticals, mental healthcare, middle-income countries
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De Silva, V., & Hanwella, R. (2008). Pharmaceutical patents and the quality of mental healthcare in low-and middle-income countries. Psychiatric Bulletin, 32(4), 121-123. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.107.015651