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@article{ART001889595},
author={Youn Jung and Soonman Kwon},
title={The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries},
journal={Korea Social Policy Review},
issn={1226-0525},
year={2014},
volume={21},
number={2},
pages={183-228},
doi={10.17000/kspr.21.2.201406.183}

TY - JOUR
AU - Youn Jung
AU - Soonman Kwon
TI - The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries
JO - Korea Social Policy Review
PY - 2014
VL - 21
IS - 2
PB - Korean Association of Social Policy
SP - 183
EP - 228
SN - 1226-0525
AB - Since the introduction of Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights(TRIPs)in 1995, comprehensive and strict standards for patent on pharmaceuticals havebeen generally applied to all WTO member countries. Furthermore, other bilateralor multilateral trade agreements, in which stronger protection of intellectual propertyright is guaranteed than in TRIPs, have been exacerbating the monopoly ofpharmaceutical market. However, there are considerable controversies over whetherstrengthening intellectual property rights for pharmaceuticals would contribute to theimprovement of public health, and there are limited empirical studies over thisissue. This study tries to examine the effects of stronger protection of intellectualproperty rights for medicines, using the cases of five countries: Jordan, India,Mexico, Australia and South Korea, specifically focusing on each country's changein pharmaceutical market structure, price and utilisation of medicines. Our studyshowed that all five countries were forced to implement stronger protection ofintellectual property rights as the result of trade agreement with other countries andthese policy changes affected domestic pharmaceutical market with the level ofpharmaceutical price, even though they had quite different history of the development of pharmaceutical industry and health care policies before the policychange. In addition, each country adopted different coping strategies to deal withthe change of pharmaceutical market, which emerged from the stronger patentprotection.
KW - intellectual property rights;TRIPs;pharmaceutical market;price
DO - 10.17000/kspr.21.2.201406.183
ER -

Youn Jung and Soonman Kwon. (2014). The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries. Korea Social Policy Review, 21(2), 183-228.

Youn Jung and Soonman Kwon. 2014, "The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries", Korea Social Policy Review, vol.21, no.2 pp.183-228. Available from: doi:10.17000/kspr.21.2.201406.183

Youn Jung, Soonman Kwon "The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries" Korea Social Policy Review 21.2 pp.183-228 (2014) : 183.

Youn Jung, Soonman Kwon. The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries. 2014; 21(2), 183-228. Available from: doi:10.17000/kspr.21.2.201406.183

Youn Jung and Soonman Kwon. "The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries" Korea Social Policy Review 21, no.2 (2014) : 183-228.doi: 10.17000/kspr.21.2.201406.183

Youn Jung; Soonman Kwon. The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries. Korea Social Policy Review, 21(2), 183-228. doi: 10.17000/kspr.21.2.201406.183

Youn Jung; Soonman Kwon. The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries. Korea Social Policy Review. 2014; 21(2) 183-228. doi: 10.17000/kspr.21.2.201406.183

Youn Jung, Soonman Kwon. The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries. 2014; 21(2), 183-228. Available from: doi:10.17000/kspr.21.2.201406.183

Youn Jung and Soonman Kwon. "The effects of stronger protection of intellectual property rights for medicines on pharmaceutical market, price and utilisation: case studies for five countries" Korea Social Policy Review 21, no.2 (2014) : 183-228.doi: 10.17000/kspr.21.2.201406.183