The public health impact of the Medicines Patent Pool increases with the fragmentation of intellectual property rights

Etienne Billette de Villemeur; Vianney Dequiedt; Bruno Versaevel

doi:10.1038/s41587-026-03156-7

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The public health impact of the Medicines Patent Pool increases with the fragmentation of intellectual property rights

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The public health impact of the Medicines Patent Pool increases with the fragmentation of intellectual property rights

Etienne Billette de Villemeur, Vianney Dequiedt and Bruno Versaevel

Nature Biotechnology, Vol.44(6), pp.901-904

01/06/2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-026-03156-7

Abstract

Developing world

Intellectual-property rights

Intellectual Property

Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks

Public Health

The Medicines Patent Pool generates economic value for end-buyers by in-licensing complementary medicinal technologies from multiple organizations and sublicensing them to competing manufacturers.

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Title: The public health impact of the Medicines Patent Pool increases with the fragmentation of intellectual property rights
Creators: Etienne Billette de Villemeur (Author) - Université de Lille
Vianney Dequiedt (Author) - Université Clermont Auvergne
Bruno Versaevel (Corresponding Author) - emlyon business school
Publication Details: Nature Biotechnology, Vol.44(6), pp.901-904
Publisher: Springer; BERLIN
Number of pages: 4
Identifiers: 9968278109453
Academic Unit: HITS - Healthcare Innovation, Technology & Society Institute; Department of Quantitative Finance & Economics; QUANT - Quantitative Methods in Business
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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