The public health impact of the Medicines Patent Pool increases with the fragmentation of intellectual property rights

Etienne BILLETTE DE VILLEMEUR
Université de Lille, France.
Vianney DEQUIEDT
Scientific Director, FERDI
Professor of Economics at the School of Economics, CERDI, Université Clermont Auvergne,
Head of Training at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development (IHEDD–FERDI)
Scientific and Technical Director, Labex IDGM+
Bruno VERSAEVEL
Emlyon Business School, France.

CategoryPublished papers
Published on16 June 2026
PublishersNature Biotechnology

Health

The Medicines Patent Pool generates economic value for end-buyers by in-licensing complementary medicinal technologies from multiple organizations and sublicensing them to competing manufacturers.

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Billette de Villemeur E., Dequiedt V., Versaevel B. (2026) "The public health impact of the Medicines Patent Pool increases with the fragmentation of intellectual property rights", Nature Biotechnology, vol. 44, p. 901-904.

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