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7 March 2013

1st Annual Life Sciences Law Forum: confusion over SPCs

Recent Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgements on the interpretation of supplementary protection certificate (SPC) regulations are not clear and have left judges frustrated, said Huw Evans, a partner at Norton Rose LLP, speaking at the 1st Annual Life Sciences Law Forum in London.

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