A while ago someone, and I'm sorry I don't remember who asked for
information about how large the generic industry was in developing
countries. I recently came across some information on this topic in the
following article:
Nogues JJ. Social costs and benefits of introducing patent protection for
pharmaceutical drugs in developing countries. The Developing Economies
Vol. 30, No. 1, March 1995, pp.24-53.
Argentina Brazil India Mexico Korea Taiwan
Patented 771.6 1750.4 2546.0 825.5 308.0 197.4
pharmaceutical
market
Sales by domest- 231.0 93.8 920.0 136.5 188.0 27.4
ic firms of
copied drugs
Sales of drug by 540.0 1656.6 1626.0 716.0 120.0 170.0
firms who are
patent owners
All figures are in US$ million
The dates for these figures are not given but the source is:
MacLaughlin JH, Richards TJ, Kenny LA. The economic significance of
piracy. In: Intellectual property rights: global consensus, global
conflict? Gadbaw RM, Richards TJ (EDS.) Boulder Colorado: Westview
Press, 1988
I hope this is of some help to whomever made the original request.
Joel Lexchin
Joel Lexchin MD
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