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Mexico to Issue Regulations for Approval of “Biocomparable” Drugs

By: Blanca
Date: Dec 01, 2010
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Category: Patent-Law-Articles

BY JUAN LUIS SERRANO The Mexican General Health Law was reformed on June 11, 2009 to include an article 222 bis, which defined biotechnological drugs, and allowed for the approval of “biocomparables.” The decree came into force on September 8, 2009, and the Ministry of Health had a 180-day period to issue all specific regulations pertaining[...]

By: Blanca
Date: Nov 29, 2010
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Category: Trademark Law Articles

BY VICTOR RAMIREZ SELECTION, CLEARANCE AND REGISTRATION NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES AND REQUIREMENTS Trademarks in Mexico are regulated under the Industrial Property Law and its regulations. Industrialists, merchants and service providers can use trademarks in industry and commerce, or for the services that they provide (Article 87 of the law). The exclusive right to use[...]

By: Blanca
Date: Nov 26, 2010
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Category: Trademark Law Articles

BY VARINIA CALLEROS International Non-Proprietary Names (INNs) are names for pharmaceutical substances or active pharmaceutical ingredients recognised as public property. They are treated as generic names by international authorities, with around 8,000 published at present. The World Health Organisation (WHO) provides guidelines for its member states, of which Mexico is one, on the use of INNs[...]

By: Blanca
Date: Nov 22, 2010
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Category: Patent-Law-Articles

POR ROMMY MORALES INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS, MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, SEPTEMBER 2010 Article 19, section VII of the Mexican Industrial Property Law establishes, inter alia, that methods of therapeutic treatment applicable to the human body and to animals shall not be considered as inventions; as a result, such methods are expressly excluded from patentability. However, under Mexican law and[...]

By: Blanca
Date: Nov 22, 2010
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Category: Patent-Law-Articles

BY GEORGINA FLORES In order to update the means of receiving documentation, the Mexican Patent Office (IMPI) has amended the Rules for filing applications by means of an Act published on March 18 2010 in the Official Gazette. The Act is effective from the following day. Relevant issues in this Act include those referred to in[...]