Home / Research / A backdoor to higher medicine prices? Intellectual property and the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement Health, Trade & Foreign Aid A backdoor to higher medicine prices? Intellectual property and the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement December 1, 2003 by Buddhima Lokuge, Thomas Alured Faunce and Richard Denniss Authors Buddhima Lokuge Thomas Alured Faunce Richard Denniss Executive Director Media release US FTA negotiators seek backdoor to higher medicine prices Full report