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High Court declines to determine compatibility with EU law of pre-accession marketing authorisation, refuses reference to the Court of Justice (Orion Corp v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as the Licensing Authority)

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Published on: 26 March 2019

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Life Sciences analysis: The Administrative Court has rejected a claim for judicial review brought by the manufacturer of a medicinal product against the decision to grant a marketing authorisation (MA) to a generic applicant, which relied upon an MA granted by the Czech Republic before it acceded to the EU.

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