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29 September 2015Asia-Pacific

Global Pharma IP Forum: Japan’s Supreme Court Teva decision a ‘death sentence’

A Japanese lawyer has described a ruling by the Supreme Court of Japan as a “death sentence” for product-by-process patents and said it is a good time for drugs companies to challenge rivals’ patents.

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