On 19 December 1997, the EC requested consultations with Canada in respect of the alleged lack of protection of … inventions by Canada in the area of pharmaceuticals under the relevant provisions of the Canadian implementing legislation, in … particular the Patent Act. The EC alleged that Canada’s legislation is not compatible with its obligations under the TRIPS …

affect India's pharmaceutical industry, Fink simulates the effects of introducing such protection - as required by the World … welfare. (India must amend its current patent regime by 2005 and establish a transitional regime in the meanwhile.) The model … groups, a subset of all available drugs was patent-protected in Western Europe but not India, where Indian manufacturers …