Balancing act: Canada shares its patented pharmaceuticals with the world while balancing the needs of public health and private rights. A close inspection of the Jean Chretien Pledge to Africa Act.

Clearly, there is a ne for affordable pharmaceuticals worldwide. Medicines are required to treat diseases like as malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis, with the ne being greatest in many of the world's developing and least-developed countries. In many of these countries however, there is insufficient manufacturing capacity to make the necessary productions

In countries that have sufficient manufacturing capacity to make these cropss such as Canada, many of the proceedss are protected by patents. single the patent holder or its licencees can lawfully make the outcome in that country, even if the fruits is intended solely for export to