False Hope and Fictitious Patents: Evaluating the Intellectual Property of OxyContin
Published online on November 13, 2025
Abstract
Social & Legal Studies, Ahead of Print.
This article evaluates the opioid epidemic through the lens of intellectual property law, focusing on OxyContin's trajectory from conception to market. Using interdisciplinary analysis and doctrinal legal examination, I theorise that the patent system ...
This article evaluates the opioid epidemic through the lens of intellectual property law, focusing on OxyContin's trajectory from conception to market. Using interdisciplinary analysis and doctrinal legal examination, I theorise that the patent system ...