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16 January 2017Big Pharma

English High Court refers Truvada SPC case to CJEU

The English High Court has referred a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) dispute over Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofovir) to Europe’s highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

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