Abstract
Access to essential medicine has been a serious issue in the low income countries. Statistics show that many a patient dies in Pakistan due to lack of access to essential medicine. Pakistan is member of World Trade Organization. It fulfills its obligations towards protection of intellectual property right and by well formulated rules and policies. However, the well-being of its people with regard to health represents a grave scenario. After establishing the fact of appalling scenario of health on one hand and the growth of pharmaceutical industry on the other the study highlights the flexibilities in international legal regime against monopolistic practice of patent holder. It discusses some of the instances of grant of Compulsory Licensing. After examining the legal frame work of Pakistan, it concluded in favour of grant of Compulsory Licensing in appropriate cases without risking its obligation under WTO.
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