An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2013.

Status

Dead, as of March 29, 2012
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act to facilitate the manufacture and export of pharmaceutical products to address public health problems afflicting many developing and least-developed countries, especially those resulting from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other epidemics.

Similar bills

C-398 (41st Parliament, 1st Session) An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes)
C-393 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act
C-393 (40th Parliament, 2nd Session) An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act
S-232 (40th Parliament, 2nd Session) An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.