OTHER NEWS - June 24, 1992

Tougher Canadian Drug Patent Laws Proposed: The Canadian government introduced in the House of Commons legislation that it said would extend to 20 years from 17 the effective patent protection of drugs. The government announced Jan. 14 that it intended to introduce such legislation to bring Canada’s drug patent legislation in line with the patent laws of other industrial countries. The legislation would eliminate compulsory licensing provisions of the existing patent law that have allowed generic firms to produce drugs under license before the expiration of patents.