Acknowledgements

The authors are very grateful to Dr J.D. Quick (WHO/EDM) and Dr M. Scholtz (WHO/HTP) for their constructive comments. Professor C.M. Correa (University of Buenos Aires), Mr A. Otten (WTO), Mr R. Wilder (WIPO) and Ms S. Zarilli (UNCTAD) are also acknowledged for their technical review and contributions to the document.

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