Optimum News 12 Newsday.com MSG Varsity Explore LI AM New York Optimum Autos Optimum Homes

Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Venezuela aims to annul patents for antibiotic

Published: November 21, 2009 4:01 PM
By The Associated Press  

Quick ReadVenezuela seeks to annul pharmaceutical patents for antibiotic produced by Bayer HealthCare

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's trade minister says the government plans to annul the pharmaceutical patents for an antibiotic produced by Bayer HealthCare.

The Venezuelan Trade Ministry said in a statement that the government has begun a process to invalidate the patents after being alerted by the country's generic drug laboratories that Bayer is taking legal actions against those producing...

Newsday & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to Newsday 7-day and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

Already
registered on
newsday.com?
Log in
Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Get access
Not a Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Click here