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Where are Drugs Invented?

http://drugpatentwatch.com/resources/location-of-pharmaceutical-innovation.phpRecently DrugPatentWatch analyzed patents going back to the year 2000 to elucidate any shifts in the locations where drugs are invented.

The results were illuminating: Pharmaceutical drugs have historically been invented in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, and there is no evidence of substantial activity in any other economies.

This surprising result shows the power of analyzing drug patents. Far beyond simply assessing freedom to operate, patents can be used to track innovation and, potentially, to identify top scientists in emerging economies.

Read on for a deeper analysis and for a link to the source paper in Nature Biotechnology.

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