This paper offers a discussion to the question of why there are pressures on developing countries for introducing and/or reinforcing patent protection to pharmaceutical drugs. Patent protection is an important component of a complex strategy developed by the research and development intensive pharmaceutical drug companies of industrial countries to meet market competition. For legal and economic reasons, patents are fundamental instruments for allowing...
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1990/09/30
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS502
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2010/07/01
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Patents and pharmaceutical drugs : understanding the pressures on developing countries
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patent protection
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