Course Title:
Patenting Life (and Death): Aids, Africa, and the High Cost of Lifesaving Medicines
Course Description:
Examines the question of whether multinational companies who discover, develop, patent, and market medicines to treat AIDS have a legal, ethical, or business obligation to make those drugs affordable for sick and dying people in Africa and other developing countries. Includes concepts of fiduciary duty, stakeholders, and corporate social responsibility in the framework.
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