Patent Protection And Chinese Medical Industry 's Development Countermeasure

The TRIPS Agreements represents the highest level of intellectual property rights protection .It not only includes almost all aspects of intellectual property rights protection,but also has strong measures to ensure the implementation. As one of the three basic agreements of WTO,The TRIPS Agreements effects on all WTO members,certainly includes China. There are many laws related to the medical intellectual property rights. Although the PATENT LAW has been implemented since 1984,the administrative protection system still plays important roll in the medical industry. The administrative protection system actually encouraged Chinese medical mills to copy foreign Patent drugs, it weakened the research ability of Chinese medical industry and China was blamed by the western countries for this reason. Now the economy of China is becoming more and more reliable on the world,so we have to obey the international rules,including the medical intellectual property rights protection. There are more than 5000 medical mills in China,most of Chinese medical mills are small and lack of research ability. Most of Chinese medical mills depend on copying the patent drugs of foreign companies. With the enhancement of the TRIPS Agreements,Chinese medical mills are dangerous because they don't have new products. Copying the non-patent drugs is a good way for Chinese chemical medical mills. They shall plan well so that they can occupy the market in time. Being international material drugs suppliers is another way,but Chinese enterprises should reduce the product cost by merge. The herbal medical mills should adapt to the requirement of modern science by the modernization of herbal industry. At the same time,herbal medical mills should try their best to develop their own special products to earn the market .Marketing management is also import for the traditional industry. The biological medical industry should learn to cooperate with each other. Research centers and mills should establish closed relations on the basis of mutual beneficial so that the research can be translated into products as soon as possible. As a famous medical mill,Tongrentang group has lasted more than 300 years. Its key is to be trust with the society,the customers and the staffs.