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Right to Access to Essential Medicine: A Study under Indian Legal Framework

Diganta Biswas, Coordinator, Department of Law, Raiganj University, Raiganj, West Bengal 733134, India. , Diganta Biswas* , Sheetal S.**

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Indian Journal of Law and Human Behavior 3(2):p 102-109, Jul-Dec 2017. | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlhb.2454.7107.3217.5

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Right to health is one of the most important human rights in the world. Since health is wealth and disease is a common phenomenon, right to access to medicine is important human rights. The UN Working Group on Access to Medicines identified six barriers to access to medicines in resource-poor countries 1 which include inadequate national commitment; inadequate human resources; failure of the international community to keep its promises of assistance to developing countries; lack of coordination of international aid; obstacles placed by the Trades Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); and the current incentive structure for Research and development of medicines and vaccines to address priority health needs of developing countries

Keywords: Medicine; Vaccines; Right to Health; Access to Medicines; Essential Medicines etc.

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