. Domestic innovation is measured as citation-weighted domestic patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO): to account for … to patent at the EPO. Results show that, in the short-run, IPR stimulate innovation. The effect for developing countries …This paper analyses the causal impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on pharmaceutical innovation in a panel of …

provide pharmaceutical product patents with a 20-year protection term. Developing country members, other than LDCs, were meant … the introduction of product patents in pharmaceuticals affect the likelihood of pharmaceutical firms to launch new and … innovative medicines in those markets? (2) For launched new and innovative medicines, how much do patent owners or generic …