Patently innovative : how pharmaceutical firms use emerging patent law to extend monopolies on blockbuster drugs /

Patently innovative provides a review of the importance of traditional patent law and emerging linkage regulations for pharmaceutical products on the global stage, with a focus on the linkage regime in Canada. The primary focus is on how innovation in the pharmaceutical sector can be strongly regula...

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Main Author: Bouchard, Ron A.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Biohealthcare, 2012.
Series:Biohealthcare Publishing series on pharma, biotech and biosciences ; 13
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Patently innovative provides a review of the importance of traditional patent law and emerging linkage regulations for pharmaceutical products on the global stage, with a focus on the linkage regime in Canada. The primary focus is on how innovation in the pharmaceutical sector can be strongly regulated and how government regulation can either stimulate or inhibit development of breakthrough products. Includes empirical research to relate innovation to drug lawA multidisciplinary approach is taken, including the intersection of IP (intellectual property) law, drug law and innovationDiscusses the impact of government regulation on firm innovation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 275 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1908818085
9781908818089