GS-4IP RIGHTS VS. RIGHT TO HEALTH - CONSTITUTIONAL & ETHICAL DILEMMA
The Patent That Funded The Cure Is The Same Patent That Blocked The Patient
The Supreme Court's suo motu intervention forces India to confront, at the highest constitutional level, whether its 20-year-old patent regime is honouring Article 21's right to health or systematically failing it - a tension India has resolved through compulsory licensing exactly once since aligning with TRIPS.
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