Unveiling patenting strategies of therapeutics and vaccines: evergreening in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
In the pharmaceutical sector, evergreening is considered a range of practices applied to extend monopoly protection on existing products. Filing several patent applications related to the same active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) is one of the most common manifestations of evergreening. During the...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1287542/full |