On price discrimination, parallel trade and the availability of patented drugs in developing countries

This paper examines the effect of product Patent Act and parallel trade on the availability of an essential drug in the developing countries. Price discrimination by a Multinational Corporation (MNC) alleviates the problem of non-availability of the drug in a developing country compared to uniform p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International review of law and economics 2012-03, Vol.32 (1), p.188-195
Hauptverfasser:	Mazumdar, Mainak, Banerjee, Dyuti S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Access to health care Developing countries International trade LDCs Market structure Multinational corporations Multinational enterprises Parallel trade Patent law Pharmaceutical industry Pharmaceuticals Price discrimination Pricing policies Studies Trade flows
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