Access to Medicines As a Human Right

Lisa Forman is the Lupina Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the director of the Comparative Program on Health and Society at the University of Toronto.Jillian Clare Kohler is a professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and the director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Transparency, and Accountability in the Pharmaceutical Sector at the University of Toronto.

• Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction 1. "Access to Medicines as a Human Right and Pharmaceutical Industry Responsibilities."Part One: Rights, Norms and Ethics 2. "Human Rights Responsibilities of Pharmaceutical Companies in relation to Access to Medicines." 3. "Improving Access to Essential Medicines: International Law and Normative Change." 4. "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Right to Essential Medicines." Part Two: Social versus Business Responsibilities 5. "Benchmarking and Transparency: Incentives for the Pharmaceutical Industry's Corporate Social Responsibility." 6. "Social Responsibility and Marketing of Drugs in Developing Countries: A Goal or an Oxymoron."Part Three: Case-Studies for Achieving Corporate Responsibility 7. "Managing the Market for Medicines Access: Realizing the Right to Health by Facilitating Compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceuticals — A Case Study of Legislation and the Need for Reform." 8. "Ubuntu, AIDS and the King II Report: Reflections on Corporate Social Responsibility in South Africa."AnnexureHuman Rights Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies in relation to Access to Medicines Bibliography