Licença compulsória do efavirenz no Brasil em 2007: contextualização Compulsory licensing of efavirenz in Brazil in 2007: contextualization

<abstract language="eng">The present article aims at contextualizing the first Brazilian experience with compulsory licensing, which functions as a defense mechanism to prevent excessive pricing by holders of patents. According to this mechanism, a government can authorize a third pa...

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Main Authors: William C. V. Rodrigues, Orenzio Soler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2009-12-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009001200012