SPCs should start once authorisation is broadcast, says AG

Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) should take effect once an applicant for marketing authorisation has been notified of the authorisation, an advocate-general (AG) has urged the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to confirm.

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