[e-drug] Indian hepatitis C drug patent decision shakes public health community

Dear E-drug readers,

I published today this comment in The Lancet on the recent decision by the Indian Patent Office to grant a patent for the hepatitis-C drug sofosbuvir and the options countries have through compulsory licensing in accessing generic supply.

I hope this is useful and feel free to circulate widely.

http://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/pdfs/S0140673616306560.pdf

Kind regards,

Ellen 't Hoen, LLM | Medicines Law & Policy
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