Women Medicine Law and the Trips Agreement Right to Health

This book aims to promote the right to health of Nigerian women to have access to life-saving medicines to enhance their capabilities for human development including leading long and healthy lives. In this respect, this book argues for women’s access to essential pharmaceuticals at an affordable cost within the scope of patent law and rights. To achieve this vision, the book appraises the public health implications of the patent protection of pharmaceuticals in the international intellectual property (IP) regime of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement), and the existing flexibilities, with particular emphasis on the national patent system in Nigeria.