The international economic discussion on intellectual property: Relevant aspects for the Brazilian health sector

Authors

  • Ronaldo Fiani Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Economia, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Maria Claudia Vater Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Letícia Galeazzi Winkler Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v3i4.728

Keywords:

Patents, public health, TRIPS JEL Classification, O34, H51, F13

Abstract

Discussion about the impact of the international harmonization of higher-level patent protection in the public health sector of less developed countries just started to take place after the so-called Doha Declaration. This paper advocates a more intense discussion on patents, highlighting not only that estimates of benefits and losses resulting from greater patent protection have been negligent toward the loss of monopoly that result from patents, but especially the fact that they do not take into account the raise in public health costs in less wealthy countries that results from this tendency to harmonize.

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Published

2009-12-01

How to Cite

Fiani, R., Vater, M. C., & Winkler, L. G. (2009). The international economic discussion on intellectual property: Relevant aspects for the Brazilian health sector. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v3i4.728

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2009)

Section

Original articles

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