CJEU: SPCs begin on notification, not authorisation, date

06-10-2015

CJEU: SPCs begin on notification, not authorisation, date

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ended the uncertainty over the term of supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) by ruling that they begin once a party is notified of a marketing authorisation for a drug.


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