Eduardo MercadanteResearch AssistantEmail: e.mercadante@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: BA, MA (UFRJ); MRes, PhD (LSE)ProfilePublicationsPublic EngagementProfileEduardo is a PhD candidate in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), under the supervision of Professor Ken Shadlen (LSE) and Professor Bhaven Sampat (Arizona State University). His PhD thesis investigates the role of patent examination in promoting the balanced private and public incentives that underpin the rationale for pharmaceutical patenting, using Brazil as a case study of the challenges of implementing this policy in a developing country.ResearchPublications Mercadante, E.; Paranhos, J. (2022). Pharmaceutical patent term extension and patent prosecution in Brazil (1997-2018). Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 38(1):1-13. Hasenclever, L.; Doria, R.; Mercadante, E.; Miranda, C.; Pimentel, V. (2022). The Medical, Hospital, and Dental Equipment and Material Industry: Characterization and Development. In: Hasenclever, L.; Paranhos, J.; Chaves, G.; Oliveira, M. (Org.). The Vulnerabilities of the Brazilian Health Industrial Complex. Rio de Janeiro: E-Papers, pp. 99-137. Paranhos, J.; Mercadante, E.; Hasenclever, L. (2020). O custo da extensão da vigência de patentes de medicamentos para o Sistema Único de Saúde. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 36(11):1-13. Paranhos, J.; Mercadante, E.; Hasenclever, L. (2020). Os esforços inovativos das grandes empresas farmacêuticas no Brasil: o que mudou nas duas últimas décadas? Revista Brasileira de Inovação, 19(e0200015):1-28. Paranhos, J.; Perin, F.; Mercadante, E.; Soares, C. (2019). Industry-university interaction strategies of large Brazilian pharmaceutical companies. Management Research, 17(4):494-509. Public EngagementEduardo has published opinion articles at JOTA.