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18 December 2020Big Pharma

US ITC bars imports of low-cost Botox amid trade secrets dispute

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has sided in favour of  AbbVie/Allergan, which argued that a rival should be prevented from importing a low-cost version of its Botox treatment into the US for 21 months, because it had stolen trade secrets.

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