Although SPCs have a relatively short term (five years maximum) they can be extremely valuable to innovator companies. As much as 80% of the total revenue for a particular medicine can be generated during the lifetime of the SPC.
Laura Reynolds discusses conditions for obtaining an SPC, current references to CJEU and AG’s opinion in Teva v Gilead in Intellectual Property Magazine.
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