competition
Interview: Will patent filers have to change practices after European Commission’s €462.6 million fine against big pharma’s Teva?
By AWA | Posted on November 26, 2024
The European Commission recently fined pharmaceutical giant Teva €462.6 million for artificially extending patent protection by pursuing divisionals and spreading misleading information about a competing product to hinder its market entry and uptake. Margrethe Vestager, the Commission’s Executive Vice-President in charge of competition policy, commented that the decision “reaffirms the Commission’s commitment to competition enforcement...
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Tags: antitrust, competition, divisionals, EU, patents, Teva
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