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Pharma-Innovationen: Überragende Position der USA und Schwächen der deutschen universitären und außeruniversitären Forschung

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  • Andreas Eckert

    (Eckert Wagniskapital und Frühphasenfinanzierung GmbH)

  • Wolfgang Maennig

    (Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg)

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We calculate a novel international measure of pharmaceutical innovation power by focusing on global medical breakthroughs and the patents cited therein. This method of calculation is significant (beyond the life sciences) because it measures research performance not in terms of inputs such as research funding or in terms of outputs that are not valued monetarily, such as patent applications and scientific publications, but solely in terms of patents exploited. According to our calculations, companies in the U.S. are responsible for more than half (55%) of the world's medical breakthroughs between 2010 and 2019, while institutions from Germany achieve a share of around 9%. For the anchor patents underlying these breakthroughs, the dominance of the U.S. is even greater at 62% - only 7% of anchor patents come from Germany. US universities hold 3.8% of all anchor patents - German universities none. This weakness of German universities cannot be compensated by German non-university public research institutes such as the Max Planck Society.

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  • Andreas Eckert & Wolfgang Maennig, 2021. "Pharma-Innovationen: Überragende Position der USA und Schwächen der deutschen universitären und außeruniversitären Forschung," Working Papers 068, Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg.
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    1. Wolfgang Maennig, 2023. "Centralization in National High-Performance Sports Systems: Reasons, Processes, Dimensions, Characteristics, and Open Questions," Working Papers 073, Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg.
    2. Leo Doerr, 2024. "Aid and growth: Asymmetric effects?," Working Papers 076, Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg.
    3. Wolfgang Maennig & Stefan Wilhelm, 2023. "Crime Prevention Effects of Data Retention Policies," Working Papers 074, Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg.
    4. Maennig, Wolfgang & Wilhelm, Stefan, 2023. "News and noise in crime politics: The role of announcements and risk attitudes," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).

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