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Patents: a necessary evil?

European Pharmaceutical Review

Patents are often described as the ‘lifeblood’ of pharmaceutical companies. 1 However, patent protection for pharmaceutical products is an economic trade-off between providing monopoly rights that incentivise development of future products and permitting higher drug prices to recoup the investment.

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Pharma within planetary boundaries

European Pharmaceutical Review

In addition, the number of active substances detected in the environment has been increasing with unknown consequences for ecosystems and the accumulation of substances in food chains. Giving environmental risk assessments teeth Since 2005, the authorisation of a human pharmaceutical product requires an environmental risk assessment (ERA).

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