Daily Archive for June 2nd, 2010

Compulsory licensing of an antiretroviral in Brazil

As part of our research on compulsory licensing we have now added a case study on efavirenz – the antiretroviral that Brazil needed for its public funded HIV treatment program. Brazil was forced to do so because of failure of negotiation for a voluntary license by the patent holder, Merck. This case is the first addition to a new section entitled: Case Studies in Global Health