# 2006 - 008 Breaking the Fence : Patent Rights and Biomedical Innovation in “ Technology Followers

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  • Padmashree Gehl Sampath
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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. UNU-MERIT Working Papers ISSN 1871-9872 Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology, UNU-MERIT UNU-MERIT Working Papers intend to disseminate preliminary results of the research carried out at the institute to attract comments ∗ The data used for the empirical analysis in this paper was collected during a firm level survey of the Indian pharmaceutical industry conducted by the author for the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH) of the WHO. The author is grateful for comments received at the IKD Workshop on “Bridging the gulf between policies for innovation, productivity and industrial growth and policies to reduce poverty”, Institute of Common Wealth Studies, London, 18-20 November 2005. The author is also thankful to Prof. Banji Oyeyinka, UNU-MERIT for comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Research assistance by Geoffrey Gachino, UNU-INTECH is acknowledged.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006