Balancing the Ci-Ca with One Side Patent and Other Side Public Health

Achieving a Balance Between Patent Rights and Public Health in Developing Countries

Abstract

Ci-ca is a French word which means back-and-forth motion. The patent and public health are two sides of the ci-ca (titter totter). If one is focused another one has to be compromised. But suppression of anyone will result into less efficient medicines or may create costly life drugs. Consequently it will result into less efficient market as well as human resources. The policy maker should think to balance the two sides which sometimes seem opposite to each other because innovation, market and public health everything is important for a developing country.