Mga Abstract
INTERNET THESIS TITLE: LIFE, DEATH, AND DATA: EXAMINING THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS OF INTRODUCING DATA EXCLUSIVITY TO INDIA'S PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEM, IN LIGHT OF THE GLOBAL SITUATION OF DISEASES SUCH AS HIV/AIDS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AUTHOR: PATRICIA ANNE D. STA. MARIA DATE: (2015) ABSTRACT: The interactions between Human Rights and Intellectual Property laws are complicated ones. There is at any one time, a flurry of competing interests which aim to take precedence over each other. Caught in the crossfire are the people who depend on the benefits of both areas of law for the improvement of their lives. There is no more evident illustration of this than the ongoing debate on access to medicines. Human Rights insist on respect, protection, and, fulfillment of the rights to health and life, which is argued to include access to medicine, while Intellectual Property law claims to be protecting the interests of the...