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. 2012 Mar 20;184(5):543-9.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.110493. Epub 2011 Nov 7.

Canada's laws on pharmaceutical intellectual property: the case for fundamental reform

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Canada's laws on pharmaceutical intellectual property: the case for fundamental reform

Paul Grootendorst et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Number of federal court cases in which a generic drug firm was either an applicant or a respondent, 1970–2010. The line represents the introduction of Notice of Complience regulations in 1993. Source: court index and docket of federal court and federal court of appeal (http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_queries_e.php).

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