Health Canada Threatens To Sue Doctor If He Reveals Whether Clinical Trials Data Shows A Drug Is Safe Or Effective | Techdirt

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-10-21

Summary:

"As Techdirt readers know, one of the final sticking points of the TPP negotiations was the issue of data exclusivity for the class of drugs known as biologics. We've pointed out that the very idea of giving any monopoly on what amounts to facts is fundamentally anti-science, but that's a rather abstract way of looking at it. A recent case in Canada makes plain what data exclusivity means in practice. As reported by CBC News, it concerns unpublished clinical trial data about a popular morning sickness drug ..."

Link:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151015/07560532541/health-canada-threatens-to-sue-doctor-if-he-reveals-whether-clinical-trials-data-shows-drug-is-safe-effective.shtml

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Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.data oa.clinical_trials oa.tpp oa.treaties oa.copyright oa.licensing oa.patents oa.litigation oa.canada oa.medicine oa.biomedicine oa.libre oa.pharma

Date tagged:

10/21/2015, 09:00

Date published:

10/21/2015, 05:00