He would use his old political contacts to shepherd legislation to
extend pharmaceutical patents, adding up to seven years of exclusive marketing time for new drugs that had taken too long to get through the FDA approval process.
Not exact matches
CETA establishes
patent restoration and
patent appeal rules that will
extend the term of
patent protection for
pharmaceutical products, thereby increasing consumer prices and royalty outflows.
And imagine that the authors concluded, based on their analysis, that government policies should therefore encourage
pharmaceutical profits, e.g., by
extending patent lives or providing tax credits to the industry.
Under the modifications,
pharmaceutical patent holders will benefit from a two - year automatic stay on the issuance of market approval to generics, but the stay will not be
extended to appeal should the
patent holder lose.
With the implementation of the CETA, as of September 21, 2017, Canadian law now provides for certificates of supplementary protection that
extend the term of certain
pharmaceutical patents for up to two years.
Our work for
pharmaceutical and medical device makers often
extends into areas beyond product litigation, including
patent litigation, government investigations and securities litigation.