The test data rule concerning biological medicines (hereafter biologics) has been suspended from the scope of application of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). While the suspension is commendable from the general standpoint of access to...

In theory, the WHO is the coordinating agency for global health, and large private and public actors claim the relevance and central role of this UN agency. In practice, paradoxically, the money for health goes largely to other institutions and not to the WHO, or even new institutions or...

In theory, the WHO is the coordinating agency for global health, and large private and public actors claim the relevance and central role of this UN agency. In practice, paradoxically, the money for health goes largely to other institutions and not to the WHO, or even new institutions or...

On the 20th anniversary of the Doha Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) and Public Health adopted by the World Trade Organization, we realize that its impact is beyond issues of public health stricto sensu. The Doha Declaration...

Economists are often skeptical concerning the economic effects of various forms of human rights: it has been argued that basic human rights can make the legal system less efficient but also that extensive social rights are incompatible with market economies. It is argued here that basic human...