Analysis of Medicine-related Issues in New "Patent Law" / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To facilitate Chinese pharmaceutical industry's understanding and application of the new "Patent Law".METHODS:The amendment of the "Patent Law" related to 3 aspects of medicine,i.e.specifying regulations on the information disclosure in the utilization of genetic resources,adding the clause of forced permission for the patent drugs for the purpose of public health,and introducing the Bolar exception clause was analyzed using law hermeneutic.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:The medicine-related amendment of the new "Patent Law" generally reflects an international tendency of restricting pharmaceutical patents so as to maintain public interests,which is in line with the status quo of low technological level of pharmaceutical industry in China.