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IGBA Leaders Open Up Talks With WIPO

CEO Advisory Committee Meets With World Intellectual Property Organization Director General

 
• By Dave Wallace

The IGBA’s CEO advisory committee of top off-patent industry leaders has met with Daren Tang, director general of the WIPO, to discuss the importance of a balanced global intellectual property regime.

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The IGBA’s CEO advisory committee has met with the WIPO director general • Source: Shutterstock

The CEO advisory committee of the International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association has opened up a dialogue with the World Intellectual Property Organization to put forward the off-patent industry’s views on the importance of a balanced global IP regime.

Chaired by Sandoz CEO Richard Saynor, the IGBA committee has met with WIPO director Daren Tang, offering what the IGBA...

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