India-EU free-trade pact could stifle generics industry

Original article by: P Chatterjee

Reference: Lancet 16 Apr 2011;377(9774):1305-1306

Source: Lancet

Keywords: Confidentiality; Developing Countries; Drug Industry; Drug Manufacture; Drug Registration; Drugs-Generic; European Community; Government; India; Patents; Viewpoint;

Date published: 21/11/2011 14:39

Summary
by: Pharm-line

Health activists are concerned that a bilateral trade and investment agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union could hamper the production of generic drugs by bringing clinical trial data submitted to regulatory authorities within the scope of intellectual property legislation (data exclusivity).

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