Introduction: the article analyzes the state of protection of intellectual property rights of original medicine producers, its accordance with international standards. Attention is focused on the importance of exclusivity of medicine market.
Aim: the analysis of protection of intellectual property rights of medicine producers in Ukraine and determination of its conformity or non-conformity to the international standards.
Material and methods: the experience of certain countries is analyzed in the research. Additionally, we used statistical data of international organizations, conclusions of experts.
Results: there are numerous cases of state registration of generic medicinal products using the registration information of original medicinal products and delict of the rights of patent holders.
Conclusions: an effective mechanism of judicial protection of the original medicine producers` intellectual property rights from disorders that affect the profit was elaborated in Ukraine.
Keywords: original medicine producers; data exclusivity.