Competition law may play an important role in drug pricing control by containing high prices derived from economic violations. Since the use of competition tools is not limited by the TRIPS Agreement or other international binding disciplines, there is ample policy room to explore how countries,...

Die Frage der Zulassung von Parallelimporten von patentierten Gütern wird in der Schweiz kontrovers diskutiert. Medikamente stellen dabei einen Spezialfall der Güter mit Patentschutz dar, da die Preise für Medikamente in allen westlichen Ländern durch staatliche Behörden direkt oder...

The purpose of this report is to analyse the vaccines industry under the focus of Industrial Economics as an input for the design of the pertinent instruments to promote development, manufacturing and distribution of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in sufficient amounts to immunize all countries as...