TY - JOUR AU - Biga, Bartłomiej PY - 2020/02/28 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - Patent Races and Institutional Solutions of Health Care Policy in Developed Countries JF - Journal of Public Governance JA - PG VL - 50 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.15678/ZP.2019.50.4.02 UR - https://publicgovernance.pl/zpub/article/view/532 SP - 15-22 AB - <p>Objectives: To identify the methods of the state’s influence on health care system through intellectual property law mechanisms.</p><p>Research Design &amp; Methods: Literature review based on the economic analysis of law.</p><p>F indings: An active role of the state in innovations in the pharmaceutical branch could bring benefits in the health care system. This role does not have to be limited to being a shareholder in selected projects (as a capital supplier).</p><p>Implications / Recommendations: The state is able to influence the speed, the structure, and the direction of patent races b y setting a real width of the patent (court verdicts) and patent height (patent office’s decisions) as well as the manner and the scale of compulsory licences usage.</p><p>Contribution / Value Added: Making changes in the speed, the structure, and the direction of patent races has got a strong impact on health policy. Appropriate influencing of the state on innovation activity in the pharmaceutical branch allows one to generate large benefits in the health care system.</p> ER -