Worst Fears Realised: The Dutch Confiscation of Medicines Bound from India to Brazil, 13 Bridges No. 1, Feb.-Mar. 2009, at 13-14

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The confiscation by Dutch customs authorities of a shipment of the pharmaceutical ‘losartan’ in transit from India to Brazil is one of the most troubling post-Doha Declaration actions affecting public health interests of developing countries. The totality of the circumstances highlights so many serious problems that a brief essay can hardly do the situation justice.