CONTENTS CERTIFICATE ; DECLARATION ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; ABSTRACT ; AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ; STATEMENT OF PROBLEM ; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; HYPOTHESIS ; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ; CHAPTERISATION ; I. INTRODUCTION ; RIGHT TO HEALTH ; THE NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE ; IMPACTS OF PATENTS ON ACCESS TO MEDICINES ; II. JOURNEY FROM TRIPS TO DOHA; FEATURES OF TRIPS AGREEMENT ; THE CALL OF RESISTANCE ; DOHA DECLARATION AND WTO DECISIONS ; III. GENERAL NATURE OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CHAPTERS OF THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS ; A) DATA EXCLUSIVITY PROVISIONS UNDER FTAs ; B) PATENT TERM EXTENSIONS UNDER FT As ; c) PATENT LINKAGE ; D) PATENTABILITY OF 'NEW USE; E) TRIPS PLUS BORDER MEASURES ; IV. IMPACTS OF THE IP CHAPTERS OF FTA'S ON PUBLIC HEALTH: ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL; DATA EXCLUSIVITY CLAUSE ; PATENT TERM EXTENSION CLAUSES ; PATENT LINKAGE ; PATENTABILITY OF NEW USE ; TRIPS PLUS BORDER MEASURES ; V. FTAS' KNITTING A WEB OF HIGHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STANDARDS GLOBALLY? ; VI. FENCING THE TRIPS PLUS ; VII. CONCLUSION ; ANNEX I ; ANNEX II ; REFERENCES ; STATUTES & CONVENTIONS ; BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ; CASES ; BOOKS ; ARTICLES & REPORTS ;