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The CJEU clarifies the effects of skinny labelling – What uncertainties remain from a Swedish perspective?

Publicerad i Stockholm IP Law Review 2019 #1, juni 2019 s. 98–101

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Where to draw the line between the protection of new innovations within the pharmaceutical area, on the one hand, and the generic companies’ right to enter the market on the other, has been subject to discussion in patent law for a long time. The innovative pharmaceutical companies’ right to exclusively capitalise on their innovative research stands against the generic pharmaceutical companies’ right to compete in the EU market, which will likely result in lower prices and thereby in advantages from a social economic point of view.