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Campaign toolkit – our complete guide

Our toolkit will guide you through all the steps to challenge intellectual property barriers, from the life-cycle of a patent, the background, the processes, and what you can do.

Best practices and modelsPatents: the factsResearchResourceRoadmapTRIPS Agreement

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01: Life-cycle of a drug: from the research to the patient

02: The problem of patents and access to medicines in middle income countries

03: Patents and access to medicines and other health technologies

05: TRIPS obligations and TRIPS Flexibilities on patents

07: Patent oppositions

08: The patenting process

09: Compulsory licensing

10: TRIPS+ provisions

11: How to conduct a patent search on a medicine

12: Finding the best strategy to overcome patent barriers and make medicines affordable

 

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