title: Patent protection for medical technologies: why some and not others?
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Melzer
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017277:Drug Approval / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013222:State Medicine; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D006113:United Kingdom