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DRUGS PATENT ACT [1 record]

Record 1 2014-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Patents (Law)
OBS

Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act(also known as The Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa), received Royal Assent on May 14, 2004. Bill C-9 implements a decision made on August 30, 2003, by member countries of the World Trade Organization(WTO) to waive certain trade obligations that had prevented developed countries from authorizing the export of lower-priced versions of patented medicines to least-developed and developing countries unable to manufacture their own.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
OBS

Le projet de loi C-9 sur l'amendement à la Loi sur les brevets et à la Loi sur les aliments et drogues du Canada (Loi de l'engagement de Jean Chrétien envers l'Afrique) a reçu la sanction royale le 14 mai 2004. Le projet de loi C-9 met en œuvre la décision prise le 30 août 2003 par les pays membres de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) afin de renoncer à certaines obligations commerciales qui empêchaient les pays développés d'autoriser l'exportation de versions à moindre coût de médicaments brevetés dans les pays moins développés ou en développement ayant une capacité insuffisante ou inexistante de production pharmaceutique.

Spanish

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