[Ip-health] New Law Bill in Brazil aims to establish patent "linkage"

[Francisco Viegas Neves da Silva]

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Last year the Brazilian Working Group of Intellectual Property celebrated t=
he rejection of the Law Bill n=BA. 29/2006 proposed by ex-Senator Ney Suass=
una that attempted to include the linkage mechanism to the Brazilian IP leg=
islation. http://www.abiaids.org.br/_img/media/SOBE%20E%20DESCE%20GTPI%20IN=
GLES.pdf



However, recently in the 16th of December 2009 it was proposed a new law bi=
ll (n=BA. 6654/09) by Congressmen Darc=EDsio Perondi (PMDB/RS) that aims to=
 establish the linkage mechanism. This law bill aims to obligate ANVISA (Br=
azilian Health Surveillance Agency) to reject a drug registration if the ap=
plicant is not authorized by the patent owner of such drug.



One important point is that drug registration in not linked to patents. The=
 linkage mechanism is an obstacle for the entrance of generic medicines in =
the market.
http://www2.camara.gov.br/internet/proposicoes/chamadaExterna.html?link=3Dh=
ttp://www.camara.gov.br/internet/sileg/Prop_Detalhe.asp?id=3D464916

Francisco Viegas Neves da Silva
Working Group of Intellectual Property - GTPI/REBRIP
http://www.twitter.com/gtpi
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