Competition versus Dominance in the European Pharmaceutical Industry: Are the Patent Rights too Strong?
| Author: | Mgr. Eva Polanská |
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| Year: | 2008 - summer |
| Leaders: | prof. PhDr. Petr Teplý Ph.D. |
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| Work type: | Finance, Financial Markets and Banking Masters |
| Language: | Czech |
| Pages: | 80 |
| Awards and prizes: | M.A. with distinction from the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences for an extraordinarily good masters diploma thesis. |
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| Abstract: | The thesis is deals with the position of companies operating in the European pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical industry belongs to traditionally highly innovative sectors whose investments into R&D largely outperform other industries on the European as well as on the global scale. A high number of patents is awarded in this branch. The companies get into strong position thanks to them. The key issue which the paper is devoted to is a detailed analysis whether and how the strong legal position is reflected on the economic level. |
| Downloadable: | Diploma Thesis of Polanská |
