- Docente: Vincenzo Denicolò
- Credits: 5
- SSD: SECS-P/03
- Language: English
- Moduli: Vincenzo Denicolò (Modulo 1) Daniela Iorio (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Health Economics and Management (cod. 8880)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Economic Policy (cod. 8420)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Health Economics and Management (cod. 8880)
Learning outcomes
Students will become acquainted with the main issues underlying the regulation of the pharmaceutical sector, and in particular of the introduction of new drugs and medical devices, and the pricing of drugs
Course contents
The economics of intellectual property
The private and social value of new drugs
Patents in the pharmaceutical sector
The regulation of new drugs and the way regulation interacts with patent protection
The regulation of new drug pricing
The exhaustion of patent rights and parallel trade
Readings/Bibliography
S. Scotchmer, Innovation and Incentives, 2004, MIT Press
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
written exam
Teaching tools
Lecture notes will be circulated
Office hours
See the website of Vincenzo Denicolò
See the website of Daniela Iorio