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Andrew Christie, David Studdert, Peter McIntyre and Chris Dent - 2009 ARC Discovery Project
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Project Title
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Drug Companies, their Patenting Strategies and High-Cost Pharmaceuticals: An Empirical Investigation
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Duration
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2009-2011
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Funding
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$290,000
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Chief Investigators
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Professor Andrew Christie, Professor David Studdert, Professor Peter McIntyre and
Dr Chris Dent
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Project Summary
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Pharmaceuticals are a vital part of clinical services that maintain and improve Australia's health; they are also costly, absorbing a substantial proportion of the national health expenditures. By conferring market protections, the patent system helps the manufacturers of pharmaceuticals to recoup the high costs of research associated with developing new products. Abuses of the patent system by pharmaceutical manufacturers have the potential to stifle competition and inappropriately raise the costs of pharmaceuticals to society. This innovative, cross-disciplinary, research will investigate the existence of abusive patents and, if necessary, propose reforms that will prevent further abuse and reduce the size of the health budget.
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