The following resources will help you better understand the impact of intellectual property on medicines innovation and access so you can take action and create change.

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This website is based on content from the book, Private Patents and Public Health: Changing intellectual property rules for access to medicines, by Ellen't Hoen. The book can be downloaded below for free.

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Online Articles

Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property Guidelines on Patentability and Access to Medicines Driving a Decade of Change: HIV/AIDS, Patents and Access to Medicines for All Trends in Compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceuticals Since the Doha Declaration: A Database Analysis Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation: Intersections Between Public Health, Intellectual Property and Trade Access to Cancer Treatment Crisis in Pharma R&D: It Costs $2.6 Billion to Develop a New Medicine; 2.5 Times More Than in 2003 Priority Medicines for Europe and the World Update Report, 2013 A New Trade Framework for Global Healthcare R&D

Websites

Intellectual Property Watch Patent Opposition Database Medicines Patent Pool WTO Public Health FAQ WHO | Intellectual Property Untangling the Web of Antiretroviral Price Reductions (17th Edition) G-Finder Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative Knowledge Ecology International