The politics behind the implementation of the WTO Paragraph 6 Decision in Canada to increase global drug access

Table 4 Proportion of debates coded by theme by stakeholder^{1, 2, 3}

			2004				2007
	Research Industry	Generic Industry	Civil Society	Government	IPIC	Research Industry	Generic Industry	Civil Society	Government
	(n = 3622)	(n = 2938)	(n = 31610)	(n = 19956)	(n = 3327)	(n = 8785)	(n = 4146)	(n = 14327)	(n = 11330)
Equity
Aid	41%	25%	17%	13%	0%	29%	12%	25%	29%
List of Countries	1%	0%	7%	11%	0%	0%	0%	0%	6%
List of Medicines	0%	4%	12%	18%	0%	3%	2%	8%	3%
Equal Opportunity to supply	22%	1%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%
Security
Drug Affordability	12%	19%	15%	2%	19%	17%	21%	17%	7%
Development	8%	0%	17%	5%	0%	19%	2%	11%	12%
Domestic Economy	0%	4%	0%	0%	0%	1%	4%	0%	0%
Human Rights	0%	0%	4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	1%
Innovation	2%	1%	2%	4%	0%	2%	5%	2%	1%
Quality and Safety	3%	9%	1%	5%	4%	2%	4%	3%	10%
Neglected Diseases						0%	0%	1%	0%
Liberty
Intellectual Property	23%	44%	25%	41%	63%	34%	43%	23%	37%
Developing Country Pressure	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	4%	5%	0%
Right of Refusal	10%	8%	16%	7%	18%	0%	0%	0%	0%
WTO or TRIPS	21%	13%	27%	22%	11%	12%	7%	23%	21%
Efficiency
Diversion	13%	0%	2%	10%	9%	5%	3%	2%	2%
Litigation	0%	0%	0%	7%	6%	0%	1%	4%	3%
Market Competition	4%	13%	11%	1%	11%	1%	11%	4%	1%
Procurement	15%	6%	4%	2%	5%	5%	3%	10%	3%
Profit and ROI	3%	7%	4%	6%	4%	4%	6%	3%	3%
Eligible Importers	0%	14%	6%	3%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%
CAMR Outcomes and Uptake	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	18%	13%	14%	24%

¹ n = total number of words per testimony of stakeholder group. Unit of analysis = stakeholder-testimony.
² Percentages represent proportion of text where specified themes were found. Paragraphs often made reference to more than one concept; therefore paragraphs were often coded for multiple themes.
³ IPIC stands for the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada.

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