Patent Protection and Limitation of Patent for Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology: Perspectives of Public Health
Date Issued
2006
Date
2006
Author(s)
LEE, Su-Hua
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Patent Protection and Limitation of Patent for Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology: Perspectives of Public Health
Abstract:
The debate over patents, pharmaceuticals and affordable access to health care for all is increasingly in these years, particularly when the worldwide attention focuses on the growing HIV/AIDS and SARS crisis. Patents perform an essential role in stimulating the development of new drugs and medical products, by offering incentives for investing in expensive and long-term research. Without patents, existing pharmaceuticals would not have been produced, new and better pharmaceuticals needed to overcome the diseases and infection would not be developed. However, the tendency of expansion of patent rights in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals seems to impede the access of essential drugs and medical treatment and affects adversely the public health. For these reasons, the most important issue in these years is getting balance of the patent protection and limitation of patent rights in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
Subjects
醫藥專利
生技專利
專利
公共衛生
醫藥
醫藥品
生物技術
pharmaceutical patent
biotechnology patent
patent
public health
pharmaceutical
biotechnology
SDGs
Type
thesis
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