TY - RPRT Y1 - 2013/07// A1 - Magazzini, Laura A1 - Pammolli, Fabio A1 - Riccaboni, Massimo N2 - We analyse the consequences of the increasing complexity of R&D on within- and between-patent competition in the pharmaceutical industry. The intensity of competition is measured by jointly considering the timing from market launch to patent expiry, the strength of between-patent competition as well as competition introduced by generic producers. A simple model is proposed that predicts the shrinking of product lifetimes in the presence of correlated parallel R&D projects and market portfolios. The model is tested using data on pharmaceutical products sold in Europe and in the US. Based on our model we are able to estimate the impact of R&D complexity and relatedness among R&D portfolios on the value of innovative drugs. TI - R&D, Within and Between Patent Competition in the Pharmaceutical Industry ID - eprints1625 EP - 41 UR - http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1625/ KW - Patent value KW - innovation KW - R&D competition KW - pharmaceutical industry. - JEL Classification: D23; D83; O34; O31; L13. SN - 2279-6894 AV - public M1 - imt_eic_working_paper ER -