Are patents for methods of medical treatment contrary to the ordre public and morality or “generally inconvenient”?

O Mitnovetski; D Nicol

doi:10.1136/jme.2002.000786

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Law, ethics and medicine

Are patents for methods of medical treatment contrary to the ordre public and morality or “generally inconvenient”?

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Dec 2004	61	106	4
Jan 2005	62	141	1
Feb 2005	53	112	9
Mar 2005	48	155	3
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May 2005	12	61	11
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Aug 2005	13	52	7
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Oct 2005	17	117	18
Nov 2005	13	114	22
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Jan 2006	6	81	23
Feb 2006	9	53	13
Mar 2006	9	62	19
Apr 2006	8	39	22
May 2006	17	49	15
Jun 2006	11	49	15
Jul 2006	9	38	11
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Oct 2006	12	119	40
Nov 2006	19	66	52
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Jan 2007	14	109	54
Feb 2007	12	59	38
Mar 2007	15	74	43
Apr 2007	59	26	16
May 2007	55	31	15
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Jul 2007	34	23	10
Aug 2007	33	12	6
Sep 2007	27	5	5
Oct 2007	30	6	4
Nov 2007	28	14	10
Dec 2007	36	14	13
Jan 2008	41	9	7
Feb 2008	27	10	6
Mar 2008	48	14	13
Apr 2008	48	19	13
May 2008	18	12	8
Jun 2008	29	8	3
Jul 2008	43	3	3
Aug 2008	69	12	8
Sep 2008	79	45	29
Oct 2008	61	21	18
Nov 2008	62	16	6
Dec 2008	41	12	3
Jan 2009	57	7	7
Feb 2009	63	9	10
Mar 2009	78	10	8
Apr 2009	79	33	16
May 2009	51	5	11
Jun 2009	40	9	5
Jul 2009	35	6	9
Aug 2009	46	11	7
Sep 2009	41	5	5
Oct 2009	69	10	13
Nov 2009	44	7	3
Dec 2009	33	10	4
Jan 2010	47	18	16
Feb 2010	43	11	13
Mar 2010	55	16	9
Apr 2010	64	13	11
May 2010	54	20	15
Jun 2010	36	7	7
Jul 2010	36	9	8
Aug 2010	52	17	9
Sep 2010	113	15	14
Oct 2010	67	42	12
Nov 2010	35	8	12
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Jan 2011	34	4	10
Feb 2011	24	9	9
Mar 2011	50	10	13
Apr 2011	60	16	14
May 2011	53	6	5
Jun 2011	52	7	13
Jul 2011	31	4	8
Aug 2011	34	3	4
Sep 2011	31	4	4
Oct 2011	27	2	0
Nov 2011	40	6	10
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Jan 2012	33	24	32
Feb 2012	14	15	29
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Apr 2012	27	71	35
May 2012	50	106	41
Jun 2012	11	78	40
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Aug 2012	20	60	35
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Oct 2012	41	48	36
Nov 2012	28	45	33
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Oct 2013	30	29	54
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Jul 2015	21	41	31
Aug 2015	14	41	28
Sep 2015	30	46	19
Oct 2015	18	36	13
Nov 2015	27	47	35
Dec 2015	17	15	14
Jan 2016	23	36	17
Feb 2016	10	23	9
Mar 2016	18	29	37
Apr 2016	52	24	33
May 2016	26	35	37
Jun 2016	26	35	35
Jul 2016	19	14	12
Aug 2016	11	20	10
Sep 2016	17	36	14
Oct 2016	15	25	10
Nov 2016	24	34	11
Dec 2016	10	26	6
Jan 2017	13	14	1
Feb 2017	7	15	15
Mar 2017	3	17	9
Apr 2017	5	60	28
May 2017	12	45	19
Jun 2017	12	26	12
Jul 2017	11	11	9
Aug 2017	24	20	9
Sep 2017	52	40	17
Oct 2017	55	41	37
Nov 2017	78	66	14
Dec 2017	42	36	4
Jan 2018	55	49	14
Feb 2018	49	46	12
Mar 2018	57	53	24
Apr 2018	94	94	16
May 2018	107	107	27
Jun 2018	50	50	26
Jul 2018	47	47	16
Aug 2018	30	30	12
Sep 2018	55	55	36
Oct 2018	65	63	48
Nov 2018	71	71	58
Dec 2018	44	42	43
Jan 2019	50	45	66
Feb 2019	58	45	61
Mar 2019	86	56	117
Apr 2019	91	46	122
May 2019	47	29	54
Jun 2019	20	17	67
Jul 2019	32	24	20
Aug 2019	42	35	46
Sep 2019	29	24	41
Oct 2019	57	49	44
Nov 2019	116	107	62
Dec 2019	41	30	46
Jan 2020	62	57	56
Feb 2020	64	59	78
Mar 2020	46	44	91
Apr 2020	42	34	91
May 2020	54	48	88
Jun 2020	15	13	59
Jul 2020	28	24	47
Aug 2020	77	69	40
Sep 2020	178	173	34
Oct 2020	59	47	54
Nov 2020	59	57	88
Dec 2020	50	40	104
Jan 2021	55	45	65
Feb 2021	35	32	44
Mar 2021	31	21	24
Apr 2021	40	24	32
May 2021	21	17	16
Jun 2021	14	14	18
Jul 2021	10	10	15
Aug 2021	40	40	30
Sep 2021	47	48	41
Oct 2021	105	93	83
Nov 2021	49	45	43
Dec 2021	36	32	42
Jan 2022	99	83	40
Feb 2022	129	133	42
Mar 2022	174	167	78
Apr 2022	141	141	57
May 2022	199	179	70
Jun 2022	127	128	31
Jul 2022	137	124	23
Aug 2022	134	131	20
Sep 2022	152	123	16
Oct 2022	152	131	28
Nov 2022	154	156	26
Dec 2022	120	113	16
Jan 2023	155	147	18
Feb 2023	145	142	22
Mar 2023	168	166	18
Apr 2023	89	81	37
May 2023	131	111	35
Jun 2023	100	92	12
Jul 2023	91	86	10
Aug 2023	95	91	14
Sep 2023	40	36	13
Oct 2023	30	28	18
Nov 2023	58	42	6
Dec 2023	87	4	3
Jan 2024	78	2	1
Feb 2024	55	1	1
Mar 2024	130	1	1
Total	10771	11252	6232

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