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23 June 2020Big PharmaKatie Cambrook and Ben Millson

SPCs: a deep dive into CJEU case law

The European Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) Regulation incentivises pharmaceutical research and development by providing an extension to patent protection to compensate for time lost in obtaining a marketing authorisation (MA).

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