%0 Journal Article %T Acesso a medicamentos como um direito humano %A Hunt %A Paul %A Khosla %A Rajat %J Sur. Revista Internacional de Direitos Humanos %D 2008 %I Sur - Human Rights University Network %R 10.1590/S1806-64452008000100006 %X this article considers the component of the right to the highest standard of health that relates to medicines, including essential medicines. using the right-to-health analytical framework that has been developed in recent years, the first section focuses on the responsibilities of states. the second section provides a brief introduction to the responsibilities of pharmaceutical companies. %K medicines %K right to health %K human rights %K trips %K who. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1806-64452008000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en