Arbitration Over Litigation: An Alternative for Compulsory Licensing Disputes?

Introduction The tension between intellectual property rights (IPR) and right to human health is one of the most politically influenced challenges in modern public international law. The central and fundamental inconsistency within this conflict is that the patent system designed for the very purpose of encouraging innovation of vital drugs, renders them inaccessible and unaffordable especially for those who need it the most, showing a direct link amongst patents, prices and public health. [1]...