TY - BOOK ID - 29406 TI - FTO (Freedom to Operate) in the Pharmaceutical Industry AU - Nonaka, Hirotaka PY - 2018 SN - 9783845294018 DB - DOAB KW - Patent, EU competition law, FTO, FTO-licensing market, Freedom to Operate, pharmaceutical industry, License, antitrust law, Pharmaceutical UR - https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:29406 AB - FTO licensing in the pharmaceutical industry deserves special consideration because of the large economic scale of the market, expensive cost of R&D, extremely low success rate, and easy duplication of the drug. Taking these unique aspects into consideration, the author first explaines how to perform a good FTO search and conclude an appropriate FTO licensing agreement, and then points out two issues; (i) the issue of FTO licensing and EU competition, especially the unreasonable application of the Guideline, and (ii) the issue of FTO licensing and differentiating between a bio venture company and a pharmaceutical company. Solutions for these issues are proposed. ER -