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Do Patents Matter? : Empirical Evidence after GATT
Lanjouw, Jean O. - 2000
protection. We use new survey data from India, the results of interviews with industry, government and multinational institutions …
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The Introduction of Pharmaceutical Product Patents in India : "Heartless Exploitation of the Poor and Suffering"?
Lanjouw, Jean O. - 1998
. Using India as an example, it then brings together information gathered from both published sources and personal interviews …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472451
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Are National Patent Laws the Blossoming Rain?
Qian, Yi - 2010
By thoroughly controlling for the country covariates, through a combination of matched sampling techniques with fixed-effect panel regression models, the analyses arrive at robust results across the various model specifications. First, national pharmaceutical patent protection alone does not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462357
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Investments in Pharmaceuticals Before and After TRIPS
Kyle, Margaret - 2009
We examine the relationship between patent protection for pharmaceuticals and investment in development of new drugs. Patent protection has increased around the world as a consequence of the TRIPS Agreement, which specifies minimum levels of intellectual property protection for members of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463181
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The Dual Effects of Intellectual Property Regulations : Within- and Between- Patent Competition in the US Pharmaceuticals Industry
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2002
A patent only protects an innovator from others producing the same product, but it does not protect him from others producing better products under new patents. Therefore, one may divide up the source of competition facing an innovator into within-patent competition, which results from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469403
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Cross-National Evidence on Generic Pharmaceuticals : Pharmacy vs. Physician-Driven Markets
Danzon, Patricia Munch - 2011
This paper examines the role of regulation and competition in generic markets. Generics offer large potential savings to payers and consumers of pharmaceuticals. Whether the potential savings are realized depends on the extent of generic entry and uptake and the level of generic prices. In the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461428
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China and India as Suppliers of Affordable Medicines to Developing Countries
Hafner, Tamara - 2011
pharmaceutical trade data from 1996 to 2005, we examine the role of China and India as suppliers of medicines to other middle- and … medicines from high- income countries. We find that imports of antibiotics and unspecified medicaments from India and China … significantly depress the average price of these commodities imported from high-income trading partners, suggesting that India and …
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Poor Quality Drugs and Global Trade : A Pilot Study
Bate, Roger - 2014
tuberculosis drug samples that claim to be made in India and were sold in Africa, India, and five mid-income non-African countries … in India or non-African countries. Since this finding is robust for manufacturer-drug fixed effects, one likely …
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150 Years of Patent Protection
Lerner, Josh - 2000
This paper examines three sets of explanations for variations in the strength of patent protection across sixty countries and a 150-year period. Wealthier nations are more likely to have patent systems, to allow patentees a longer time to put their patents into practice, and to ratify treaties...
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150 Years of Patent Office Practice
Lerner, Josh - 2000
An extensive theoretical literature has examined the impact of information problems on interactions between government bodies and private firms. One little-explored empirical testing ground is the patent system. This paper examines the administrative practices of patent offices in sixty...
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