"Some two decades will shortly have passed since the WTO's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement came into force in 1995. TRIPS is widely considered to have had a negative impact on access to medicines through its rules on pharmaceutical patents. This volume is the...

Drugs and drug prices -- The American way to discover drugs -- The drug industry today -- Are drug companies risky? -- How not to lower drug prices -- Squandering R&D resources -- How to lower drug prices -- Our solution in detail