title: Considerations in vaccine patent protection.
abstract: This feature article discusses the basic principles of patentability as related to vaccine research, and outlines recent cases in the US and EU in which vaccine patents have been considered. Issues regarding eligibility for supplementary protection, as currently being considered by the Court of Justice of the EU, are also outlined, as well as the implications of such issues in protecting future vaccine research.
authors.affiliation: Bird & Bird LLP, Intellectual Property Department, 15 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1JP, UK. lorna.brazell@twobirds.com
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brazell
mesh_terms: D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D005062:European Union; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D014612:Vaccines / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines