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China and Brazil appear as major emerging pharmaceutical markets and the literature suggests that the sustainable development of the pharma industry will depend on the pharmerging countries. The mapping of this sector in the technological and industrial scope was the objective of this work, considering international database patent analysis (World Intellectual Property Organization and Derwent) and the implementation in MATLAB® of an algorithm for scenario prediction. It was found that most pharmaceutical patents in the world are filed in the USA (23%) and Europe (29%), notably the innovation indices of Roche (1032 patents) and Novartis (671 patents). However, it was observed an estimated increase of more than 25% in the number of Brazilian and Chinese pharmaceutical patents, suggesting the dissemination of technological and scientific knowledge and an increase in competitiveness in this strategic segment.
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Akkari, A.C.S., Munhoz, I.P., Santos, N.M.B.F. (2019). USA, Europe and Pharmerging Countries: A Panorama of Pharmaceutical Innovation. In: Mula, J., Barbastefano, R., Díaz-Madroñero, M., Poler, R. (eds) New Global Perspectives on Industrial Engineering and Management. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93488-4_34
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