ABSTRACT
Some developing countries did not have patent laws at this time because there was no economic incentive to do so. Others had patent laws but did not enforce them properly. Some required the patent owner to license local firms to produce the drugs if they weren’t being produced by the patent owner in their country at a reasonable price. In India and Argentina, the processes and methods of manufacturing pharmaceutical drugs could be patented, but not the final products. This allowed competitors to make the same drugs using different methods and sell them at a much lower price.3
