Ownership of knowledge: the role of patents in pharmaceutical R&D
Both the public and the private sectors contribute to research and development (R&D) in pharmaceuticals. The public sector originates many of the discoveries of new drugs. The private sector, which focuses on development, is heavily reliant on patents. Though patents are presumed to reward genui...
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| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2004-10-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004001000015&lng=en&tlng=en |