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Pharmaceutical Pricing and Patent Law.

Examines the contribution of patent law provisions and practices to pharmaceutical price increases over the last 10 years. Also considers the effect of foreign patent pirates and increases in research and development costs.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1991-1992.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:
Medical economics.
Patents.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Examines the contribution of patent law provisions and practices to pharmaceutical price increases over the last 10 years. Also considers the effect of foreign patent pirates and increases in research and development costs.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
CRS Report.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.