Patent law and international justice : making pharmaceuticals accessible to the underdeveloped world

Abstract

An examination of the current system of intellectual property law and the application of the Rawlsian methodology of justice to evaluate the current pharmaceutical patent system. The Thesis then explores the Health Impact Fund’s proposed new system to fund pharmaceutical research, which is also applied to the Rawlsian methodology. The merits of the recent proposal are found that alleviate major flaws of the existing patent system.