Essays about: "generic drugs"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words generic drugs.
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1. Pay-for-delay: A competition law analysis of settlement agreements in the pharmaceutical sector
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : During the last two decades many pharmaceutical originator companies have struggled with refilling its pipelines with novel pharmaceutical products. At the same time many of these companies have lost patent protection for its most profitable drugs and more are expected to do so in the very near future. READ MORE
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2. End of a blockbuster? – Preventing evergreening of pharmaceutical patents under EU competition law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The pharmaceutical industry is dependent on the granting of patents. Patents make it possible for pharmaceutical companies to invest in the necessary R&D to bring new drugs to the market. This benefits consumers and the health care sector at large. READ MORE
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3. Investigation of Bid Collusion within the Swedish Generic Drugs Market
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The aim of the thesis is to investigate whether there is bid collusion within the Swedish generic drugs market. Two types of collusion are considered: bid rotation and parallel bidding. Bid rotation means that companies take turns in winning the auction. READ MORE
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4. Paying for Delay or Something Else?--The Potential Anticompetitive Effect of Reverse Payment Patent Settlements in the Pharmaceutical Industry under article 101 TFEU
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis discusses the recent hot topic in the intersection of IP law and competition law; “pay-for-delay” agreements in the pharmaceutical industry. Such agreements arise in patent disputes where originator manufacturers (‘Originators’) claim patent infringement by the generic manufactures (‘Generics’). READ MORE
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5. Pharmaceutical Patents, Right to Health and Access to Essential Medicines: A Human Rights Critique
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Until recently, the areas of patent law and human rights law were treated separately. The tensions between pharmaceutical patents and the human right to health could be felt already in the 1980s, when the HIV/AIDS pandemic broke out and the pharmaceutical company that discovered a drug which could be used to treat this disease decided to patent it and set the price so high, that it was impossible for most people living in poor countries, where the disease was most prevalent, to access them. READ MORE