The Compatibility of the Access to Essential Generic Medicines with Human Rights: An Analysis of the In-Transit Seizure of Essential Generic Medicines from India by the European Union

Thavarajah, Sanjeev

• Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN:
  9783736969018
• Print ISBN:
  9783736979017
• Edition: 1

The Covid-19 pandemic has sensitised the global community on theimportance of the access to essential medicines. The nations of the world have engaged in a fierce battle over the lifesaving Covid-19 vaccines, in which developed nations have come out successfully. The access to essential medicines has long been promoted by the United Nations (UN) and other international human rights organisations. In this context, India seems to have done its bit and has emerged as the pharmacy of the developing world and further has been providing the global poor with the advantage of access to essential as well as generic drugs.

Table of contents

• Unbenannt
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1. Research Question
• 1.2. Methodology
• 1.3. Literature Review
• 2. A Hindu Nationalist Stance in Indian Foreign Policy
• 2.1. Civilisational Clashes
• 2.2. “Holy Cow”
• 3. The Seizure of Essential Generic Medicines from India byEU Border Agencies
• 3.1. Generic Drugs
• 4. Access to Medicine from a Human Rights Perspective
• 4.1. The Philosophical Dimension of the Right to Health
• 4.3. The Maastricht Principles of Extraterritorial Obligationsof States in the Area of the Economic, Social and CulturalRights
• 4.4. Evergreening
• 4.5. Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge v. AbbottLaboratories
• 5. TRIPS
• 5.1. Compulsory Licenses
• 5.1.1. Natco Pharma Ltd v. Bayer Corporation
• 6. Traditional Knowledge
• Exhibit A. Neem
• Exhibit B. Turmeric
• Exhibit C. Basmati
• Exhibit D. Trichopus Zeylanicus
• Exhibit E. Yoga
• Exhibit F. Property Rights
• EU Trade Agreements
• 7.1. EU-India FTA
• 8. Impact Factors
• 8.1. Economic Interests v. Protectionism
• 8.2. Brexit
• 8.3. Unilateralism v. Multilateralism
• 9. Conclusion
• Bibliography