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10 September 2015Biotechnology

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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