Foreign Vested Interest Must Not Sway Away From SPC Waiver

Attempts by the US administration to derail a proposed SPC manufacturing waiver must not be allowed to succeed, Medicines for Europe is warning.

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US vested interests must not be allowed to call the tune on an EU supplementary protection certificate manufacturing waiver • Source: Shutterstock

Overseas influence should not supplant European interests in promoting its industrial base through a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) manufacturing waiver, off-patent industry association Medicines for Europe is warning.

“The SPC manufacturing waiver cannot be derailed by foreign vested interests,” Medicines for Europe insisted as the US ambassador to...

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