Patentability Challenges Associated with Emerging Pharmaceutical Technologies

According to the recent patent filing trends, it has been observed that certain pharmaceutical technologies are more popular than others and are commonly referred to as emerging technologies. The emerging technologies in the pharmaceutical sector include artificial intelligence, big data and certain advanced biological therapies such as personalized medicine and stem cell therapy. These trends have various applications in the medicine and healthcare industry. Since these technologies are relatively new and each of them is very unique in its own way, current patent laws are inadequate to deal with the complex challenges associated with them. A brief analysis of the challenges associated with these emerging technologies and their applications is discussed in this paper.