Pharmaceutical Patent Protection and Trips Challenges for Bangladesh: An Appraisal of Bangladesh’s Patent Office and Department of Drug Administration

Abstract

This paper examines the TRIPS Agreement as it applies to Bangladesh in the context of pharmaceutical patents. An important aspect of the Agreement is ensuring that the regulatory agencies are ready and able to apply and interpret the new intellectual property regime that will be required by TRIPS. An appraisal of the capacity of Bangladesh's regulatory agencies, particularly the Department of Patent Design and Trademarks and the Directorate of Drug Administration, becomes even more important as Bangladesh is required to have a TRIPS compliant patent regime for the pharmaceutical sector from1 January 2016.

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“…The TRIPS Agreement aims to establish strong minimum standards for IPRs, including patent protection for pharmaceuticals in all of the WTO member states. After careful examination, the authors concluded that both the DPDT and the DDA lack the capacity to deal with post-TRIPS challenges [3].…”