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Questions 31-35
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Seminar on 'evergreening'
A patent can cover different types of inventions, such as a , an idea or a formula.
A patented drug can only be used by others with the owner's .
In this way, companies with the patents can charge for useful new drugs.
Generic drugs can be made by other companies when the patent .
Generic drugs can be up to cheaper than in-patent drugs.
Questions 36-40
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Not surprisingly, pharmaceutical companies want to the period of protection that patents provide.
They have managed to do this using a called 'evergreening'.
of the original drug can include new dosages or new forms of release.
New patents can be taken out even if the change to a drug is .
Critics of 'lifecycle management' say that community health benefits are at best.
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