25 August 2020PharmaRobert Stephen and Gareth Morgan
Why Santen ends Neurim-style SPCs
The July 9 Santen decision ( C-673/18) from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) resolves the issues that arose from the earlier Neurim decision ( C-130/11) issued by the same court. Essentially, and unusually, the CJEU reversed its own earlier decision.
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