Big pharma 'delaying' cheaper drugs in Europe


	Big pharma 'delaying' cheaper drugs in Europe

chestnut501

7-12-2009 5:41 AM

165 views

tags:

news, medical, health, pharmaceuticals, generics, big-pharma, thieves, liars, scum, their-day-will-come

chestnut501 says:

European commissioner unveils inquiry results and attacks industry for impeding generic drugs' entry to market

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from July 12, 2009

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/032a9b58-6bca-49f5-b7c0-601f20370717/B62C0F2E-DA70-4F67-809C-C31B3C75D9F9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jul/08/business-pharmaceticals-europeancommission" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jul/08/business-pharmaceticals-europeancommission" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jul/08/business-pharmaceticals-europeancommission"><P>European patients, taxpayers and national treasuries are being fleeced of billions of euros because of the big pharmaceutical companies' elaborate campaigns to delay the marketing of cheaper generic drugs, the <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/european-commission">European commission</A> said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jul/08/business-pharmaceticals-europeancommission"><P><P>"There is something rotten in the state [of the pharmaceutical industry]," said Neelie Kroes, the competition commissioner</P><P></P>, unveiling the findings of an <A title="18-month probe of the pharmaceuticals sector" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/16/pharmaceuticals">18-month inquiry into the pharmaceuticals sector</A><A title="18-month probe of the pharmaceuticals sector" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/16/pharmaceuticals"></A>. "Makers of original medicines are actively trying to delay the entry of generic medicines on to their markets."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jul/08/business-pharmaceticals-europeancommission"><P>A common practice was for the major companies to <A title="file a large number of patent applications across the EU's member states for a single drug " href="http://www.managingip.com/Article/2059677/Pharma-industry-attacked-over-patent-strategies-full-version.html">file a large number of patent applications across EU states for a single drug </A>– as many as 1,300– in what are known as "patent clusters".</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jul/08/business-pharmaceticals-europeancommission"><P>Another common option was for the major firms to sue generics companies and then stall the cases in court for several years.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jul/08/business-pharmaceticals-europeancommission"><P>"Vicious tactics are used to delay or prevent the entry of more affordable and innovative medicines into the market," </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B62C0F2E-DA70-4F67-809C-C31B3C75D9F9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>