Competition and Intellectual Property Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector' deals with the apparent contradiction between intellectual property (IP) rights (particularly patents) and competition law, with a focus on the pharmaceutical sector: in its aim to promote innovation and long-term...

Introduction -- The purpose of Article 102 TFEU -- Defining anti-competitive foreclosure effects -- By object restrictions within Article 102 TFEU -- Predation versus exclusion -- Predation -- Exclusion -- Final remarks