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Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Not A Good Deal For Small-Molecule Generics?

 
• By Nielsen Hobbs

Momenta CEO Craig Wheeler notes that exclusivities would now exist in countries where none did before.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiated by the Obama Administration is still awaiting congressional ratification, and it may have to wait a while. But for generic industry, that just allows a longer victory lap – or should it?

The traditional narrative about the trade deal is that the generics industry won an improbable victory against a mighty opponent,...

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