Vassar Scholarship
Patent protection, creative destruction, and generic entry in pharmaceuticals: evidence from patent and pricing data
Publication Date
2005-October-28
Document Type
Department or Program
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Abstract
This paper merges patent citation data with data on pharmaceutical patent expirations, generic entry, and pricing to explore the effects of observable patent characteristics on off-patent and on-patnet pharmaceutical pricing. Using a sample of drug patents facing generic entry in...
