BIO Latin America: Brazil and US urged to solve biotech patent delay

The US’s consul general in Rio de Janeiro has urged the US and Brazilian governments to work together to tackle the long delay in biotechnology-related patents being granted at Brazil’s intellectual property office (INPI).

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