[eng] This article considers the legal conflicts related to intellectual property rights in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. The first part of the paper uses the event study methodology to assess the impact of these conflicts on the market value of the litigants. In the second...

[eng] Patent and Drugs in Developing Countries. This article surveys the empirical literature on how patents affect access to drugs in developing countries. In the short run, higher prices and lower access rates are very likely, notably for those countries that benefited from a competitive...