BIOTECHNOLOGY GROUP ACCUSES SWITZERLAND AND ISRAEL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VIOLATIONS
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLA REPORT from the US-based Biotechnology Industry Organisation for the US Trade Representative office has accused Switzerland an Israel of intellectual property violations in its sector, which covers bio-pharmaceuticals. Calling for Switzerland to be placed on a US-government watch list, it said reforms to the Swiss patent law agreed by the country's national council in December could "undermine...patent protection for certain biotechnology inventions in Switzerland." These changes are based on ethics, but the biotech group is concerned that an ...
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