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16 April 2009

EU pharma sector enquiry slammed

James Nurton, Cambridge

The European Commission’s pharmaceutical sector enquiry could have “a chilling effect on innovation in Europe” if the preliminary report is carried through into its final version, according to a pharmaceutical company executive

Speaking during the Fordham IP Conference in Cambridge, UK, David Rosenberg of GlaxoSmithKline’s IP department said the preliminary report presented a flawed understanding of the patent system and its relation to pharmaceutical innovation.




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