Imasuen, Ifueko Itohan and Nwajana, Augustine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6591-5269 (2022) Balancing WTO-TRIPS standard against Nigeria counterfeit regulatory efforts: a critique. International Journal of Public and Private Perspectives on Healthcare, Culture, and the Environment, 6 (1):75. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2471-1047 (Print), 2471-1055 (Online) (doi:10.4018/IJPPPHCE.301575)

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Abstract

Recent years has seen the rapid growth and scale of Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals in Nigeria irrespective of the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) standard provided by the World Trade Organisation-Trade Related aspect of Intellectual Property Right (WTO-TRIPS) Agreement. The effect of the WTO-TRIPS protection of Intellectual Property Rights creates the problem of access to medicine for developing countries. This has provoked counterfeit pharmaceutical activities worldwide and prevalently in Nigeria. The aim is to ascertain, by way of analytical framework the viability of the WTO-TRIPS agreement for addressing the scourge of counterfeit pharmaceuticals in Nigeria. The concept of counterfeit pharmaceuticals will be explored, and its parameters defined as a premise for testing the viability of the WTO-TRIPS and the Nigerian Counterfeit regulatory framework.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	counterfeit; intellectual property; Nigeria; pharmaceuticals; TRIPS agreement; WTO
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Engineering (ENG)
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Last Modified:	14 Jun 2022 11:59
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36670

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