CJEU issues clarification on UK’s pay-for-delay generics ruling

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that pharmaceutical pay-for-delay agreements may violate the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in comments passed down on January 30, 2020.

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CJEU issues clarification on UK’s pay-for-delay generics ruling

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