期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2017
卷号：6
期号：8
页码：15604
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2017.0608012
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Pharmaceutical industry is knowledge based and technology keeps on upgrading itself. The process ofinnovation is long and time consuming. There is a constant need for upgrading the technology. This results in growingneed of protection of innovations. The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement was born toprotect the interests of the industry, trade and services. The major cause of concern in the health area in India is the vastpopulation, which now exceeds 1,000 million. HIV/AIDS, which has emerged as one of the most serious public healthproblems in the country, has made countless victims. In mid 2001, the total number of HIV cases was around 3.97million, which has now reached the level of more than 5 million. HIV/AIDS is also accompanied by social stigma,which leads to other social and psychological problems. Because of this reason, detection of such cases and timelytreatment becomes rather difficult. To overcome this problem, creating community awareness is being emphasized. Toeliminate leprosy, an rigorous media campaign was launched due to which the prevalence rate declined from 57 % per10,000 population in 1981 to 3.74 cases per 10,000 population in March 2001. The objective was to reach eliminationat national level by 2004. As regards activities under the revised national tuberculosis control programme thepopulation coverage increased from 120 million to more than 440 million in 2001 with the help of a World Bankassisted project. The government is planning to expand its coverage to 700 million population11. The scope of thePatents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 and the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005 will be tested in the coming days,along with success of the various schemes of the Government of India like the National Rural Health Mission(NRHM). India’s commitment to ensure Right to Health for all its citizens should not be ruled out.
