Necessity of Implementing Pharmaceutical Patent Linkage System in China

Abstract

Pharmaceutical patent linkage system is a result of balancing the interests of the original pharmaceutical manufacturers, generic drugs manufacturers and the public, and without infringing upon the patent rights of the original patented drug, its main purpose is to make the generic drugs on sale as soon as possible. At present, domestic scholars mostly focus on the macro level of pharmaceutical patent linkage system, and rarely analyze the reasons and necessity of implementing pharmaceutical patent linkage system from the actual situation of China. On the basis of the existing research, summary the key to the successfully implementing pharmaceutical patent linkage system in the United States, and according to the experience of the developed countries and the actual conditions of China, analyze the necessity of implementing pharmaceutical patent linkage system, and give suggestions, which is very important in science and practice.

Keywords: pharmaceutical patent linkage system, generic drugs, the original patented drugs, stakeholders