THE PROTECTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL INVENTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES

Although intellectual property rights (IPRs) in this era specially after the constitution of World Trade Organization (WTO) have been concerned from economic and commercialization point of view, human rights perspective to IPRs has been increased and so, human rights groups have highlighted certain challenges between IPRs and human rights, have tried to adjust economic perspective and have sought human approach of WTO to these rights. Pharmaceutical inventions are considered as one of the most challengers in the field of intellectual property because developed countries manufacturing pharmaceuticals emphasize on patent end the progress of protection; in the other hands, developing countries argue that the monopoly of patent system has negative effects on access to medicine. In this article, I will survey probable challenge between pharmaceutical inventions and human rights.