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Patents and Drug Importation.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumers.
- Drugs.
- Patents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (20 pages, digital, PDF file)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Examines intellectual property issues relating to imports of prescription drugs, focusing on so-called parallel imports of patented medicines, which are drugs legitimately distributed overseas and then sold to U.S. consumers without permission of the authorized U.S. distributor. Explains the fundamentals of pharmaceutical patents, reviews issues raised by the parallel importation of patented pharmaceuticals, including label licenses, and discusses related legislative matters and alternatives.
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- CRS Report.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Patents and Drug Importation
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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