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First Patent Holder Grants Licences To UNITAID

By Intellectual Property Watch

The United States National Institutes of Health has become the first patent holder to join the newly created Medicines Patent Pool, a project of drug purchasing mechanism UNITAID. Public health organisations hailed the move as key step in the right direction but said there is still much work to do.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on September 30, 2010 (boomark / email).