China Steps Closer To Offering An SPC System

 
• By Aidan Fry
  
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A recent public consultation raises the prospect of extending patent terms in China by up to five years; greater data protection, as well as patent linkage, are also being mooted.

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Generics could soon face an additional barrier to entry in China in the form of supplementary protection certificates • Source: Shutterstock

Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) have taken a step closer to being implemented in China after the National People’s Congress completed a one-month public consultation period on draft amendments to the Chinese Patent Law. The proposed amendments form part of a broader move towards stronger intellectual property (IP) protection in China that also includes pharmaceutical data exclusivity.

Acting on a State Council resolution, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) proposed a general framework for patent linkage and...

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