http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2004/12/pharmaceutical_1.html I agree that no adequate, feasible alternative to patents exists for encouraging R&D by manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs. But my agreement should not be understood as indicating approval of the present U.S. patent system. Patents are a source of great... en-us http://xtremecomp.com/xtblog/index.php?p=52 Welcome to this week's Carnival of the Capitalists, here at XTremeBlog. I hope you'll be back to visit this place from time to time when there is no carnival to draw your attention. We post about everything from hardcore talk of programming, to bas... http://www.pejmanesque.com/archives/008806.html The subject de semaine this week at the Becker-Posner blog is pharmaceutical patents. Gary Becker gives us some background on the system in its status quo incarnation: The pharmaceutical industry is under attack once again for its high prices, because... http://dclawstudent.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_dclawstudent_archive.html#110315289052296996 My brother, a Business Analyst at a global pharmaceutical company and former Research Scientist, responds to Becker and Posner's discussion about pharmaceutical patents. http://moot.typepad.com/what_if/2004/12/new_but_notewor.html The Becker-Posner blog is in its infancy. http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2004/12/beckerposner_on.html A good intro to the economic issues surrounding pharmaceutical patents, from Richard Posner and Gary Becker. Posner writes, Invention is... http://www.paultopia.org/blog/2004/12/fear.html Oh. My. God. I agree with Posner about something. Hey, Satan ... how's the ice skating down there? http://wrt-howard.syr.edu/stepaside/archives/2004/12/patents_pt_2.html Last week I posted a brief rumination on the human and economic scales for weighing patent law. For anyone interested in expert opinion on patent law (although examined primarily on economic grounds), the Becker-Posner Blog for December 12 is a... http://www.foolsnews.com/weblog/archives/1413 Without comment of my own, I direct your attention to some thoughts on the pharmaceutical industry (including prices, safety and patents) from Becker and Posner. Enjoy.... http://www.corante.com/pipeline/archives/2004/12/13/fixing_the_drug_industry.php I had a post ready to go tonight, but we'll roll that one over to tomorrow. I'd suggest that if you're interested in patents and their place in the drug industry (and hey, who isn't, right? Uh, right?) that you... http://www.patentlyobviousblog.com/2004/12/crouchs_decembe.html Here is a limited set of recent papers that I have found interesting. Bronwyn Hall