印度拒绝联合王国贸易交易中的数据排他性,维护其25B类非专利药物工业。 India rejects data exclusivity in UK trade deal, safeguarding its $25B generic drug industry.

印度拒绝在其与联合王国的自由贸易协定中列入“数据专属”条款。 India has refused to include a 'data exclusivity' provision in its free trade agreement with the UK. 这项规定本来可以保护创新公司的数据,防止竞争者生产低成本的通用产品。 This provision would have protected innovator companies' data, preventing competitors from making low-cost generics. 印度拒绝接受这一点,保护其重要的非专利药物工业,价值约250亿美元,出口一半产品。 India declined to accept this, protecting its significant generic drug industry, valued at about $25 billion, which exports half of its products.