Conflicts On Pharmaceutical Patents

Today's world offers numerous inventions making life easier. Considering the development process of inventions such as from wheel to automobile, from balloon to airplane, from telegram to phone or from aspirin to paracetamol, the point of innovation is incredible. However, when it comes to invention or innovation, besides easing life, drugs developed as a cure against diseases which is the biggest trouble of human beings, are undoubtfully of great importance.

Thanks to research and development in the pharmaceutical industry, many diseases that could not be treated in the past can be easily treated or prevented today. However, the development of a drug requires long-term laboratory studies, clinical trials, and licensing steps. Therefore, drug development is a costly and time-consuming process. In the event that a drug or active ingredient/molecule developed as a result of long efforts is not protected by patent registration, third parties may carry out the necessary