YEAR 2014 N.º 3
ISSN 2182-9845
Carina Carvalho Magalhães
Propriedade Intelectual, Patente, Medicamento, Saúde, Autorização de Introdução no Mercado
On pharmaceutical law, in particular, and on the sphere of human rights, in general, two interests of a primordial nature prone to colliding: on one side, the concession of an exclusive right, resulting of a patent, and as such a legal monopoly (private interest); on the other, a protected access to medicines, allowing goods, considered a basic need, to be accessible to the public at affordable prices (public interest). This study encompasses these two approaches, using has guideline the Portuguese legal system.