22.03.2017

On 21 March 2017, the AEB took part in the 10th meeting of the Working Group for Research on the Competition Issues in the Pharmaceutical Sector under the auspices of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation.

Yury Litvishchenko, Chairman of the AEB Health & Pharmaceuticals Committee, CEO, Chiesi Pharmaceuticals, spoke on the importance of patent protection on the pharmaceutical market. Senior officials of the foreign competition authorities and international organisations, as well as representatives of the companies, members of the AEB Health and Pharmaceuticals Committee, discussed the best world’s practices in the field of competition protection and advocacy as well as protection of intellectual rights and stimulation of innovations.