Locknie Hsu

Trade, Investment, Innovation and Their Impact on Access to Medicines

An Asian Perspective

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Locknie Hsu explores the economic and public health issues that impact upon access to medicines in Asian states.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 485
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 720g
• ISBN-13: 9781107421035
• ISBN-10: 1107421039
• Artikelnr.: 53928565

Autorenporträt

Locknie Hsu is Professor of Law at Singapore Management University, where she has been the recipient of five teaching awards. Previously she has worked with the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry as a legal consultant on trade issues including WTO and free trade agreement issues. She received her legal training from the National University of Singapore and Harvard University, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Singapore Bar. She is currently Chair of the Trade and Investment Group of the ASEAN Law Association, and co-rapporteur of the Committee on Sustainable Development and the Green Economy in International Trade Law, International Law Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Sundaresh Menon
Preface and acknowledgements
1. Economic integration, Asia and medicines
2. Access to medicines, innovation and the debate at the multilateral level
3. Trade, investment and medicines: the existing legal and policy construct
4. Treaties in Asia: embedded risks and lessons from disputes elsewhere
5. The importance of exceptions and flexibilities
6. Innovation and competition
7. Setting new directions: the need for innovative legal and policy solutions
8. What next?