In which developing countries are patents on essential medicines being filed?

ABSTRACT:

Background

This article is based upon data gathered during a study conducted in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization on the patent status of products appearing on the World Health Organization's 2013 Model List of Essential Medicines (MLEM). It is a statistical analysis aimed at answering: in which developing countries are patents on essential medicines being filed?

Methods

Patent data were collected by linking those listed in the United States and Canada's medicine patent registers to corresponding patents in developing countries using two international patent databases (INPADOC and Derwent) via a commerical-grade patent search platform (Thomson Innovation). The respective supplier companies were then contacted to correct and verify our data. We ne

SUBMITTER: Beall RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5485610 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature