Tournament: Little Rock Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: JPG Melancon | Judge: Kombathula, Adithya
My value for this round is Morality,
My criteria for this round is Consequentialism
Contention 1 is Counterfeit Medicine
Cases like this have risen across the world especially in the crisis of COVID-19, India has been a prime example of counterfeit medicines
Namita Kohli, 5-4-2019, "India, China are leading sources of counterfeit medicines: report," Week, https://www.theweek.in/news/biz-tech/2019/05/04/India-China-are-leading-sources-of-counterfeit-medicines-report.html
India has a big problem . . . . the statement said.
Contention 2 is Alternatives
IPP isn’t the best proposition to this act however we can add onto what IPP protects, Between 2011 and 2016, the TRIPS flexibilities were utilized; 103 instances used them from AIDS
‘t Hoen, et al 18 Ellen FM ‘t Hoen, Global Health Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Jacquelyn Veraldi, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Brigit Toebes, Department of International Law, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, and Hans V Hogerzei, Global Health Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, Groningen, 9700 RB, the Netherlands, “Medicine Procurement and the Use of Flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 2001–2016.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 96, no. 3, Mar. 2018, pp. 185–93. PubMed Central, https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.17.199364. /TriumphDebate
We collected information on 176 instances. . . . . . TRIPS flexibilities.19