Multisectoral collaborative models for drug and therapeutic research and development
(R&D) are emerging, requiring a recalibration of how intellectual property rights (IPRs) are …

Background to the debate: Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers argue that the
current patent system is crucial for stimulating research and development (R&D), leading to …

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The HIV/AIDS pandemic has reached a crescendo in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA or Saharan
region). This disease threatens to exterminate the human race in the Saharan region. The …

It is a vast understatement to say that the problem of access to medicines in develo**
countries is complex. Access is limited by a range of factors including inability to pay, a lack …

The establishment of a patent system for plants has been discussed extensively in the
previous reviews (Dunwell 2005, 2006, 2009; Pottage and Sherman 2007). In summary …

Drawing on the reputation literature and signaling theory, this article builds on work that
looks at patents as reputation signals. We build a multi-industry database of patents that …

Intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents, play
an important role in innovation systems. While the right intellectual property policies and …

A. Motivation for this Study In an increasingly globally competitive world, businesses are
looking for new models of innovation to spur growth while reducing risk and costs. Some …

Governments have long been interested in making intellectual property (IP) policy based on
sound evidence. There is a large body of literature addressing the economic impacts of IP …