India to sue EU about customs confiscation of “fake” Generics like Viagra, Cialis, Aids-medicine
European Union confiscates generic medicine in transit from India to third world countries. Life saving medicines, and also Viagra.
India plans to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization alleging that the European Union allowed big pharmaceutical companies to use the bloc’s tough patent laws to have national customs agencies detain generic drugs in transit to developing countries, according to India’s commerce secretary.
On more than 20 occasions since late last year, border inspectors in the Netherlands and Germany have held up Indian medicines used to treat AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, heart conditions and other ailments, saying they violated patent laws in the EU, although the drugs weren’t intended for sale there, according to EU and Dutch customs officials …
Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124949598103308449.html
http://www.eatg.org/eatg/Global-HIV-News/Access-to-treatment/India-prepares-EU-trade-complaints
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