Medical Technology Patenting in India: Intersection with Public Health Facilities-a Doctrinal Study
Received Date: Jul 04, 2021 / Accepted Date: Jul 22, 2021 / Published Date: Jul 29, 2021
Abstract
Medical technologies have become increasingly important in society because of their impact on the health sector along economy. The Medical Device and Equipment Industry amounts around US$ 5 billion according to recent figures and is expanding at an equally high rate. This pandemic period has triggered globally a massive demand for healthcare technologies to combat COVID-19 which includes ventilator, diagnostics, medicines and other devices such as personal protective equipment’s (PPE). This led to pressure upon public procurement system, and led to shortage of supply of the medical equipment and PPE.
Citation: Banerjee AS (2021) Medical Technology Patenting in India: Intersection with Public Health Facilities-a Doctrinal Study. J Civil Legal Sci 10: 281 Doi: 10.4172/2169-0170.1000281
Copyright: © 2021 Banerjee AS. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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