Patents : Mitigating the Impact of the Health Care Crisis on Drug Development
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Pharmaceuticals have provided the most compelling case for patents. The special status of drug patents is being eroded, however, by spiraling health care costs, which put downward pressures on patent premiums, and scientific developments, which stand to erode the value of patents by shrinking markets for individual drugs and limiting entry of generic producers. These changes call for a reexamination of the role that patents play in promoting biomedical innovation and consideration of alternative policies.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009