Amending Indonesia’s 2016 patent act will drive biopharmaceutical investment
Reform of Indonesia’s patent laws will help it transform into a regional biopharmaceutical manufacturing and innovation hub.
Essential Medicines and Patents
90% of medicines on the World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines are off-patent, while many low-income countries have no essential medicine patents at all, according to this Geneva Network research paper.
IP and innovation crucial for India to fulfil biotech potential
India’s home grown medicine innovators are on the march but face legal and policy challenges. An innovative diabetes treatment from an Indian biotech company is set to transform the lives of 387 million people living with the condition globally.