Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Gehl Sampath, Padmashree
Author-Email: sampath@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: Breaking the Fence: Can Patent Rights Deter Biomedical Innovation in “Technology Followers”?
Abstract: The impact of patent protection on biomedical innovation has been a controversial issue. Although
	 a “medical anti-commons” has been predicted due to a proliferation of patents on upstream technologies,
	 evidence to test these concerns is only now emerging. However, most industrial surveys that shed light
	 on this issue are mainly from developed countries, making it very difficult to predict the impact of
	 patenting on biomedical innovation in developing and least developed countries. This paper develops a
	 framework of analysis for the impact of patent rights on biomedical innovation in “technology follower”
	 developing countries. Based on the framework developed in the paper, empirical data collected in an
	 industry-level survey of the Indian pharmaceutical industry between November 2004 and January 2005 is
	 used to analyze the impact of patent rights as recognized under the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects
	 of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) on biomedical innovation in technology followers. 
Keywords: intellectual property rights, IPR, patents, biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry, biomedicine,
	 developing countries, India
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 2005
Number: 2005-10
File-URL: https://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/2005-10.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:200510