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Introduction: Access to Life-Saving Medicines and Intellectual Property Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2011

DORIS SCHROEDER
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As the authors of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Gap Task Force have noted, access to medicines is a vital component of realizing the human right to health. Without reliable access to drugs, the highest attainable standard of health cannot be achieved.

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Symposium on Global Bioethics
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 277 - 278
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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