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Mexico issues regulations to approve biologic drugs

by Alejandro Luna A decree was recently published modifying several provisions of the Health Law Regulations addressing the approval of biologic drugs. The main points of interest are: - The provision included in the law stating that Mexico will allow for approval of follow-ons as "biocomparables" is regulated in more detail. - Commonly, a biocomparable drug will make [...]
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How data affects innovation

by Gustavo Alcocer & Enrique Lara  Personal data protection has always been recognised as a fundamental human right by most jurisdictions all over the world. In Mexico it was not until a few years ago, when amendments were made to our legal system to regulate personal data protection, following international principles of transparency, legitimate use and proportionality […]

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Mexico. Formulation patents banned from the Linkage Gazette disregarding a Supreme Court’s decision.

Aug -2011 No. 6-2010                                                                  August 18, 2010. Mexico. Formulation patents banned from the Linkage Gazette disregarding a Supreme Court's decision. On Friday, August 13, 2010, the Mexican Trademark and Patent Office (IMPI) made available through its website the new edition of the linkage gazette. Regrettably, IMPI decided to exclude formulation patents, limiting the inclusion criteria [...]
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Marketing authorization for pharmaceutical products to foreign applicants

por Agustín Azcatl Under the amendment made to the Articles 168 and 170 of the Health Supplies Regulation, about the omission of the requirement for a manufacturing plant, last May 5, 2011, the Mexican Government granted the first Marketing Authorization (drug licensing) through the Health Ministry (The Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risk COFEPRIS) to […]

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New registry for security interests

POR RICARDO CADENA MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DECEMBER 2010 / JANUARY 2011 Enforcing security interests is not always as simple as we may want it to be, especially when it comes to chasing debtors who retain title or possession of secured IP, or any movable asset colateral, where the debtor can assign or set that asset as […]

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A practical cross-border insight into merger control

por Gustavo Alcocer & Carlos Woodworth   1      Relevant authorities and legislation   1.1  Who is/are the relevant merger authority(ies)?   The Federal Competition Commission, which is an administrative agency independent from the Mexican Ministry of Economy, has technical and operational autonomy to issue its resolutions. The Commission is integrated to exercise merger authority by public officials, divisions and administrative […]

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New register against counterfeits

por Sergio Rangel Managing Intellectual Property, May 2011 The enforcement of registeres trade marks in Mexico is constantly evolving. No more than three years ago Mexican Customs set up a department to alert IP owners of shipments of potential counterfeits. Now, in 2011, the Customs Authority is finalizing the first steps to run a project with [...]
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