The extension of intellectual property through secrecy of drugs registration: obstacles to the generic drug policy - DOI: 10.3395/reciis.v2i2.193en

• Main Authors: Lia Hasenclever (Author), Julia Paranhos (Author), Vitor Paiva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The pharmaceutical sector is characterized by a great oligopoly, with small and big transnational companies which operate in several countries and perform high levels of investment in research and development, which imply great barriers to the entry of new companies. It's a sector in which appr...