As a former employee of the pharmaceutical industry, I find it interesting to hear the varied perspectives and emotions that arise when discussing pharma in connection with politically hot topics such as wages, corporate profits, healthcare and the global economy. For us to have better insights on these topics along with guessing at the implications of specific policies such as those built into TPP (trans-pacific partnership), I think that we all need to decide what type of intellectual property laws we hope the world will embrace moving forward.
If you have learning resources that could be used to help students understand "intellectual property laws in a global economy", please send them to me and I will update this blog post to be more inclusive (c@caronsart.com).
http://www.theglobalipcenter.com/why-are-intellectual-property-rights-important/
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GAC/2013/WEF_GAC_IntellectualPropertyRights_GlobalCreativeEconomy_Report_2013.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/20/intellectual-property-key-driver-our-economy
http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/protecting-intellectual-property-rights-global-economy-current-trends-and
http://www.chinalawinsight.com/2010/04/articles/intellectual-property/protecting-pharmaceutical-intellectual-property-rights-in-china/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/09/09/indian-patients-suffer-from-indias-weak-pharmaceutical-patents/#56c657ff3f48
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2013/05/28/global-ip-reaction-to-indias-rejection-of-the-novartis-drug-patent/id=40778/
http://www.cfr.org/drug-trafficking-and-control/debate-over-generic-drug-trade/p18055
