Benefits of Substantive Examination for Pharmaceutical Patent Claims
Benefits of Substantive Examination for Pharmaceutical Patent Claims
Benefits of Substantive Examination for Pharmaceutical Patent Claims
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South Africa <strong>Patent</strong> system - Brief history<br />
Post independence high prices <strong>of</strong> medicines as lack <strong>of</strong><br />
safeguards in national patent law<br />
Monopoly: Thousands <strong>of</strong> product patents to MNCs has<br />
meant that local manufacturing has never really taken <strong>of</strong>f<br />
Know How: Limited capacity to manufacture<br />
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Unaf<strong>for</strong>dable: Some <strong>of</strong> the highest prices in the world
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