BRUSSELS RELEASES GUIDANCE ON TRANPORTING GENERIC MEDICINES ACROSS EUROPE
April 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has told European Union (EU) customs officials not to seize generic drugs being transported across the EU, if they think they will not be diverted for illicit sale in member states. The advice follows World Trade Organisation (WTO) complaints brought by India and Brazil against the EU over seizures of generic medicines transiting the EU, which are protected by intellectual property rights if there were actually sold to EU consumers. India and Brazil argued the seizures broke WTO rules, because the medicines were destined ...
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