Antitrust, compulsory license and what’s else

Thailand government issued compulsory licenses against the patents for HIV drugs, which make its country into the Special 301 priority watch list of the USTR.

http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/06-07-2007/fe89006df9516353.html

Italian authority did the same thing to reduce the costs of medicines for the reason of antitrust. If high prices of patent products could be deemed as a cause of unacceptable monopoly, developing countries would enjoy much more flexibility in coping with technical innovation and public health crisis.

http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/health.info/twninfohealth086.htm

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