Introduction: Deep eutectic solvents comprising or acting as solvents of active
pharmaceutical ingredients (API-DES) emerged as promising alternatives to improve …

In IP scholarship, patents are commonly understood as more efficient than other approaches
to innovation policy. Their primary ostensible advantage is allocative: as a form of property …

Importance The financial consequences of high-expenditure innovative drugs and the
association of these consequences with access to cancer treatment are substantial. With …

* This paper was presented as the Ruby Hutchison Memorial Address, on November 14,
2006, in Sidney, Australia. Ben Krohmal provided comments on an earlier draft. We are …

High levels of pathogen resistance are rendering current antibiotics obsolete. Coupled with
insufficient investment in discovering new treatments, multidrug-resistant infections are an …

If a competent adult refuses medical treatment, physicians and public officials must respect
her decision. Coercive medical paternalism is a clear violation of the doctrine of informed …

This book explores the economic analysis of intellectual property law, with a special
emphasis on the Law and Economics of informational goods in light of the past decade's …

Sannikova LV, Kharitonova Yu. S. tween patent rights arises when the rights to reference
and generic drugs have been registered. The presence of equivalent features stated in the …

Patent issues surrounding CRISPR, the revolutionary genetic editing technology, may have
important implications for the public health. Patents maintain high prices for novel therapies …

It is commonly argued that in recent years pharmaceutical companies have targeted their
research and development (R&D) at small improvements of existing compounds instead of …