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10 July 2018Big Pharma

French court refuses MSD injunction request in SPC clash

The Paris Court of Appeal has refused to grant Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) a preliminary injunction based on a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) against French pharmaceutical company Biogaran.

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