Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) which is now known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans Pacific Partnership (CP-TPP) opens door of opportunities as well as challenges to Malaysia. The agreement has become subject of heated debate in Malaysia as well as other countries d...

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Main Authors:	Idris, Rafiq, Alavi, Rokiah, Mohd Amin, Ruzita, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Science International 2019
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) HD72 Economic growth, development, planning HD9000 Special industries and trades RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-735972019-08-15T04:25:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73597/ Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry Idris, Rafiq Alavi, Rokiah Mohd Amin, Ruzita Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi H Social Sciences (General) HD72 Economic growth, development, planning HD9000 Special industries and trades RS Pharmacy and materia medica Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) which is now known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans Pacific Partnership (CP-TPP) opens door of opportunities as well as challenges to Malaysia. The agreement has become subject of heated debate in Malaysia as well as other countries due to the reason that it may bring some new elements which are not in the other earlier Free Trade Agreements (FTA) on which Malaysia has signed. One of the key concern is the possibility of including WTO-Plus commitments in the agreement which is TRIPS-Plus element which may affect access to medicine and the local pharmaceutical industry. This study focuses on one issue that is on the potential impact of TRIPS-Plus provisions in the intellectual property chapter on Malaysia’s pharmaceutical domestic industry sales. In assessing the potential impact of the TPPA on Malaysia’s pharmaceutical industry, simulation exercise using Model of Impact Changes in Intellectual Property Rights have been undertaken. The finding of the study indicates that domestic pharmaceutical industry sales may drop if data exclusivity, patent term restoration and patent linkage is being implemented. Science International 2019-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73597/1/73597_Potential%20impact%20of%20trips-plus%20provisions.pdf Idris, Rafiq and Alavi, Rokiah and Mohd Amin, Ruzita and Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi (2019) Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry. Science International (Lahore), 31 (3 (May-June)). pp. 397-400. ISSN 1013-5316 http://www.sci-int.com/pdf/636941427039607511.pdf
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) HD72 Economic growth, development, planning HD9000 Special industries and trades RS Pharmacy and materia medica Idris, Rafiq Alavi, Rokiah Mohd Amin, Ruzita Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry
description	Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) which is now known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans Pacific Partnership (CP-TPP) opens door of opportunities as well as challenges to Malaysia. The agreement has become subject of heated debate in Malaysia as well as other countries due to the reason that it may bring some new elements which are not in the other earlier Free Trade Agreements (FTA) on which Malaysia has signed. One of the key concern is the possibility of including WTO-Plus commitments in the agreement which is TRIPS-Plus element which may affect access to medicine and the local pharmaceutical industry. This study focuses on one issue that is on the potential impact of TRIPS-Plus provisions in the intellectual property chapter on Malaysia’s pharmaceutical domestic industry sales. In assessing the potential impact of the TPPA on Malaysia’s pharmaceutical industry, simulation exercise using Model of Impact Changes in Intellectual Property Rights have been undertaken. The finding of the study indicates that domestic pharmaceutical industry sales may drop if data exclusivity, patent term restoration and patent linkage is being implemented.
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author	Idris, Rafiq Alavi, Rokiah Mohd Amin, Ruzita Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
author_facet	Idris, Rafiq Alavi, Rokiah Mohd Amin, Ruzita Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
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title	Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry
title_short	Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry
title_full	Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry
title_fullStr	Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry
title_full_unstemmed	Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry
title_sort	potential impact of trips-plus provisions on malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry
publisher	Science International
publishDate	2019
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Potential impact of trips-plus provisions on Malaysia’s domestic pharmaceutical industry

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