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Qualifying Intellectual Property I: Harmonized Measurement of New and Follow-On Drug Approvals, Patents and Chemical Components, Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law (2012)

The purpose of this study was to develop a harmonized method to collect, compare and...

 

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Qualifying Intellectual Property II: A Novel Innovation Index for Pharmaceutical Products, Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal (2012)

Governments around the world are increasingly engaged with the political mandate of innovation, which is...

 

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Canada’s laws on pharmaceutical intellectual property: The case for fundamental reform (with Paul Grootendorst and Aidan Hollis), Canadian Medical Association Journal (2011)

Society supports drug R&D by granting drug companies patents and other forms of intellectual property...

 

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Structure-Function Analysis of Global Pharmaceutical Linkage Regulations, Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (2011)

Prompt and affordable access to essential medicines is a component of almost all domestic and...

 

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I'm Still Your Baby: Canada's Continuing Support of U.S. Linkage Regulations for Pharmaceuticals, Intellectual Property Law Review (2011)

Canada's linkage regime for pharmaceuticals, modeled after the originating U.S. Hatch-Waxman regime, was brought in...

 

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I’m Still Your Baby: Canada’s Continuing Support of U.S. Linkage Regulations for Pharmaceuticals, Marquette Intellectual Property Review (2011)

Canada’s linkage regime for pharmaceuticals, modeled after the originating U.S. Hatch-Waxman regime, was brought in...

 

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Empirical analysis of drug approval-patenting linkage for high value pharmaceuticals, Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property (2010)

Global drug regulators have long privileged models of therapeutic product development that provide strong intellectual...

 

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Empirical analysis of drug approval data 2001-2008: Are Canadian pharmaceutical players “doing more with less”?, McGill Journal of Law & Health (2009)

Canada’s proposed new drug regime, termed the “Progressive Licensing Framework” (PLF), has received consid-erable attention...

 

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The Mud and the Blood and the Beer: Canada’s new Progressive Licensing Framework for drug approval, McGill Journal of Law & Health (2009)

Canada is currently undergoing a transition in its system of public health, including major redefinition...

 

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The Pas de Deux of Pharmaceutical Regulation and Innovation: Who’s Leading Whom?, Berkeley Technology Law Journal (2009)

Global drug development is undergoing a redefinition of the responsibilities of those who develop, regulate,...

 

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KSR v. Teleflex Part 1: Impact of U.S. Supreme Court Patent Law on Canadian Intellectual Property and Regulatory Rights Landscape, Health Law Journal (2008)

In KSR, SCOTUS retooled the standard for obviousness to bring it back in line with...

 

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Privatizing Biomedical Research- A ‘Third Way’, Nature Biotechnology (2008)

The allocation of risks and benefits of publicly sponsored biomedical research is becoming increasingly skewed...

 

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Balancing Public and Private Interests in the Commercialization of Publicly Funded Medical Research: Is There a Role for Compulsory Government Royalty Fees?, Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law (2007)

There is little question that substantial benefits accrue to society from biomedical research. It is...

 

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Living Separate and Apart is Never Easy: Inventive Capacity of the PHOSITA as the Tie That Binds Obviousness and Inventiveness in Pharmaceutical Litigation, University of Ottawa Law & Technology Journal (2007)

The purpose of this article is to gain insight into the relationship between obviousness and...

 

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Should Scientific Research in the Lead-Up to Invention Vitiate Obviousness Under the Patented Medicines (Notice Of Compliance) Regulations: To Test or Not to Test?, Canadian Journal of Law & Technology (2007)

This article is an analysis of case law pertaining to whether scientific research in the...

 

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