In Conflicts in the Knowledge Society, Sebastian Haunss demonstrates how conflicts
relating to the international system of intellectual property have resulted in new cleavages in …

Intellectual property rights (IPRs) ultimately delineate the way in which knowledge is
created, owned, controlled and diffused, domestically and now globally. They have always …

The big profits and influence of pharmaceutical firms that again rose to prominence during
the COVID pandemic illustrate far more than just the global reach and market power of Big …

The HIV/AIDS pandemic has had a devastating and disproportionate impact in countries of
the Global South. The experience of an individual infected with HIV in Africa is very different …

The role of industry associations in sha** policy through various lobbying activities is well
established. In most cases, while such activities are deemed essential from an industry …

The idea of resource scarcity permeates health ethics and health policy analysis in various
contexts. However, health ethics inquiry seldom asks—as it should—why some settings are …

The question posed in this article is whether the right to health and patents conflict or
coexist. This question is examined from the perspective of the issue of access to affordable …

The subject of this dissertation is the issue of access, or lack thereof, of medicines for
patients in develo** countries. The argument often made in that regard is that patent …

In the wake of China's rapid ascendancy, are there any new rules made by the country in
global health governance? This article examines China's emerging role in the Agreement on …

Colonialism has for centuries been a driving force for territorial expansion and economic
gains. In today's globalized economy, there is a continuation of colonial exploitation in areas …