Interview: Brook Baker on Intellectual Property Rights, Free Trade, and Access to Medicines

  By Katrina Geddes When I first meet Northeastern University law professor Brook Baker, it’s a bitterly cold day in Boston. It’s a relief to escape into the warmth of Baker’s office, tucked away inside Northeastern’s Cargill Hall, where I am to meet with the prominent professor who focuses on intellectual property, access to medicines, and increasing the legal, economic, and policy response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Baker’s office is…