AMERICAN PHARMA BODY WELCOMES RUSSIAN WTO ACCESSION
November 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PRESIDENT of American pharmaceutical industry association PhRMA has welcomed the imminent approval of Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December, as strengthening intellectual property protection for medicine manufacturers selling in Russia. John Castellani noted that under Moscow's commitments to join the WTO - which is expected to be sanctioned by a December 15-17 ministerial meeting at Geneva - there will be six years' protection of proprietary data. He said this was "a provision critical to both to the ...
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