Intellectual Property and Health Technologies

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This seminar will examine the role and impact of intellectual property, especially patent law, on the quality, affordability and accessibility of healthcare to the public. It will look at the current patent laws and how recent changes to those laws affect the research and development of new medicines. This seminar will also examine the ethical dilemmas created by intellectual property and the conflict between the patent holder's property rights in the technology versus the public's rights to having access to the technology.