Creating R&D Incentives for Medicines for Neglected Diseases An Economic Analysis of Parallel Imports, Patents, and Alternative Mechanisms to Stimulate Pharmaceutical Research /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Müller-Langer, Frank (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2009.
• Θέματα: Management.; Industrial management.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Economics.; Health Economics.; Innovation/Technology Management.

Virtually no research is targeted at developing medicines for tropical diseases as the expected market returns from R&D into these diseases in the private pharmaceuticals sector are too low. Frank Müller-Langer addresses the market failure with respect to R&D for medicines for tropical disea...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The TRIPS Agreement and Access to Patented Medicines
• Economic Analysis of Patents
• Patent Protection in the Developing World: Theory and Evidence
• Legal and Economic Analysis of Parallel Imports
• Solutions for the Problem of Underinvestment in R&D for Medicines for Neglected Infectious and Tropical Diseases
• Conclusion and Ideas for Further Research.