Threat of compulsory licences could increase access to essential medicines

Gorik Ooms; Johanna Hanefeld

doi:10.1136/bmj.l2098

Threat of compulsory licences could increase access to essential medicines

BMJ. 2019 May 28:365:l2098. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l2098.

Authors

Gorik Ooms¹, Johanna Hanefeld²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK gorik.ooms@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Abstract

Gorik Ooms and Johanna Hanefeld argue that low and middle income countries could increase access to medicines by forming an alliance to credibly threaten companies with compulsory licences

MeSH terms

Developing Countries
Drug and Narcotic Control* / economics
Drug and Narcotic Control* / methods
Drugs, Essential* / classification
Drugs, Essential* / economics
Drugs, Essential* / supply & distribution
Health Services Accessibility* / organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility* / standards
Humans
Intellectual Property*
International Cooperation
Licensure*

Substances

Drugs, Essential