Australia criticised over ‘excessive’ protection for pharma patents

Australia’s patent system is “poorly targeted” and protection for pharmaceutical inventions is “excessive”, according to a government advisory committee.

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Australia criticised over ‘excessive’ protection for pharma patents

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