E-DRUG: USA complaints about PI, CL, and Data Exclusivity

E-drug: USA complaints about PI, CL, and Data Exclusivity
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This from Shivan Mehta <shivan.mehta@yale.edu>

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Countries where the USTR complains about Parallel Importing, Compulsory
Licensing, and Data Exclusivity, in 1999

Taken from 1999 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers- USTR
http://www.ustr.gov/reports/nte/1999/contents.html

Parallel Importing:
Argentina
Australia
Colombia
Ecuador
European Union
Guatemala
Israel
New Zealand
Norway
South Africa
Venezuela

Compulsory Licensing:
Argentina
Cameroon
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
Ireland
Guatemala
Saudi Arabia
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Israel
Thailand

Data Exclusivity: (Taxol issue)
Argentina
Australia
Chile
Ecuador
Korea
Poland
South Africa
Venezuela

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James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
I can be reached at love@cptech.org, by telephone 202.387.8030,
by fax at 202.234.5176. CPT web page is http://www.cptech.org

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