title: Patent indicators: a window to pharmaceutical market success.
abstract: Pharmaceutical success in the market is the best reward for pharmaceutical investors undergoing the lengthy, costly and risky process of pharmaceutical Research and Development (R&D). Drugs with high market revenues trigger fierce competition between pharmaceutical enterprises, as is demonstrated by the increasing Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) cases focusing on seizing the best-selling products. On the other hand, patents, as the best shield for innovative drugs against generic drugs, become a powerful weapon for pharmaceutical enterprises to win the substantial returns generated by market exclusivity. Patents seem to be directly responsible for the commercial success of new medicines. In this context, it is of great significance to find out the empirical associations between pharmaceutical commercial success and patents. By comprehensively analysing 127 drugs marketed in the USA and their 621 American patents, this article identifies the evidence to link various patent indicators with pharmaceutical sales in actual market.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yuanjia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Mingli
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yitao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics; D015195:Drug Design; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics*; D016568:Drugs, Generic / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D016568:Drugs, Generic; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations