Brexit and life sciences: uncertainty reigns but change is on the way

One potential outcome of the British vote to leave the EU is the divergence of regulatory frameworks for bringing pharmaceutical products to market in the UK and the EU—UK IP rights may split from harmonised EU systems of protection.

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