Author: Marcela Vieira

[Marcela Vieira and Suerie Moon] We would like to share with you a new research synthesis on patentability criteria in the pharmaceutical sector. It can be accessed at https://www.knowledgeportalia.org/patentability-criteria. The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS Agreement) sets out basic patentability criteria, but countries have policy space to decide how these criteria are defined and applied at the national level, an important “TRIPS flexibility” that can be used to balance private and public interests.