Who Develops Innovations in Medicine for the Poor? Trends in Patent Applications Related to Medicines for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Diseases
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25/10/2006
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01/04/2005
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Who invents medicines for the poor of the world? This question becomes very important where the WTO allows low income countries to be unbound by the TRIPS agreement. This agreement concerns medicines for infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. These diseases cause serious damage to low income countries. Under these circumstances, some scholars wonder if anyone will continue innovative activities related to treating these diseases. This paper sought to answer this question by collecting and analyzing patent data of medicines and vaccines for diseases using the database of the Japan Patent Office. Results indicate that private firms have led in innovation not only for global diseases such as HIV/AIDS but also diseases such as malaria that are spreading exclusively in low income countries. Innovation for the three infectious diseases is diverse among firms, and frequent patent applications by high-performing pharmaceutical firms appear prominent even after R&D expenditure, economies of scale, and economies of scope are taken into account. |
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IDE Discussion Paper. No. 24. 2005.4 http://hdl.handle.net/2344/182 IDE Discussion Paper 24 |
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en eng |
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Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO 日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所 |
Palavras-Chave | #HIV/AIDS #Malaria #Tuberculosis #Neglected diseases #Patents #Medicine #Knowledge production #Diseases #Medical care #Developing countries #エイズ #マラリア #結核 #特許 #疾病 #医療 #発展途上国 #491.61 #C Developing countries 発展途上国 #I19 - Other #L65 - Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology #O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives #O34 - Intellectual Property Rights #361.1 |
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Working Paper Technical Report |