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The debate on whether COVID-19 vaccine patents are slowing down the pace of vaccination and the recovery from the crisis has brought the optimal design of pharmaceutical patent policy to the fore. In this paper we evaluate patent policy in the US pharmaceutical industry. We estimate the effect...
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This paper merges patent citation data with data on pharmaceutical patent expirations, generic entry, and pricing to explore the effects of observable patent characteristics on off-patent and on-patent pharmaceutical pricing. Using a sample of drug patents facing generic entry in the 1990s, I...
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This paper explores the academic literature and empirical evidence associated with the strategic and tactical opportunities available to pharmaceutical firms confronted with the loss of patent protection on their branded drug. The marketing dimensions of product innovation, pricing and brand...
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This WTO working paper studies availability and affordability of new and innovative pharmaceuticals in a post-TRIPS era … the introduction of product patents in pharmaceuticals affect the likelihood of pharmaceutical firms to launch new and … finds that introduction of product patent for pharmaceuticals in the patent law has a positive effect on launch likelihood …
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Since the patent system relies on private litigation for challenging weak patents, and patent settlements might influence the incentives for challenging patents, the question arises whether the antitrust assessment of patent settlements should also consider their impact on the incentives to...
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