1st Edition
Contemporary Issues in Pharmaceutical Patent Law Setting the Framework and Exploring Policy Options
1. Introduction – The Integration of Pharmaceutical Law and Policy: Objectives, Agenda and Mandate, Bryan Mercurio Part 1: Patent Protection for Pharmaceutical Inventions 2. Patentability of Pharmaceuticals, Roberto Romandini and Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan 3. Extension of Patent Protection Term, Pei-Kan Yang 4. Biologics, Biosimilars and Patents, Yaniv Heled Part 2: Balancing Patent Protection with Available Flexibilities 5. Experimental Use, Xavier Seuba 6. Compulsory Licensing: Threats, Use and Recent Trends, Chang-fa Lo Part 3: Patent Protection by Another Name 7. Data Exclusivity, Owais Hassan Shaikh 8. Patent Linkage, Bryan Mercurio 9. The Price of Exclusivity: the economics of patent extensions and data protection, Aidan Hollis 10. Regulatory Integrity in Pharmaceutical Innovation Framework, Daria Kim
Biography
Bryan Mercurio is Professor and Vice Chancellor's Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Daria Kim is Doktorandin at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.
'The editors have mustered a wide range of authors, including legal practitioners, academics and a Constitutional Court Justice, to opine on a broad range of topical issues confronting rule-makers concerning pharmaceutical patent law. This diversity makes for a varied discussion.'
John A. Tessensohn, European Intellectual Property Review
'A solid reference book for scholars and those interested in governments’ struggle between incentivising innovation and access to affordable medicine.'
John A. Tessensohn, European Intellectual Property Review
