TY  - BOOK
AU  - Correa, Carlos
ED  - International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
ED  - World Health Organization
ED  - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
TI  - Guidelines for the examination of pharmaceutical patents: developing a public health perspective : a working paper
SN  - 1684-9825
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Geneva : 
PB  - International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
KW  - Patents
KW  - Intellectual property
KW  - Pharmaceutical preparations
KW  - Public policy
KW  - Guidelines
N2  - This study is made available as a working paper in order to facilitate broader understanding, consultation and inputs. It is intended to be a contribution towards the improvement of transparency and efficiency of patentability examination for pharmaceuticals inventions, particularly in developing countries. It proposes a set of general guidelines for the assessment of some of the common modalities of pharmaceutical patent claims, and suggests elements for the development of public health-sensitive guidelines for the evaluation and review of pharmaceutical patents at the national level. It examines the practices of some patent offices and suggests some mechanisms that may be adopted to incorporate public health perspectives in procedures for the granting of pharmaceutical patents
ER  -