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established meaning of benefit sharing: those who contribute to scientific advance-
ment are owed benefits in return.
Chapter 9 looks at the broader picture of injustice between developed and
developing countries, focusing on the human right to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health. 3 The chapter introduces a
reform plan (the proposed Health Impact Fund) to modernize and humanize the
international intellectual property rights system, which, in its current form, is a
significant obstruction to realizing the human right to health.
We hope that this topic, and our conclusions as summarized in the inal chapter,
will serve as a helpful resource for policymakers, civil society and academics as
we move forward to secure justice for all providers of biological resources.

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3 This latest term for the human right to health evolved from earlier formulations (WMA n.d.).