Breaking the Fence: Patent Rights and Biomedical Innovation in 'Technology Followers'
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Keywords
intellectual property rights; trade agreements; TRIPS; biotechnology; pharmaceutical industry; patents; innovation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- L65 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics
- F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INO-2006-05-27 (Innovation)
- NEP-INT-2006-05-27 (International Trade)
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