Eli Lilly warns EU will miss out on key drugs under planned change to patent rules
Chief executive says draft plan to cut market exclusivity protection could make pursuing some treatments unviable
The chief executive of one of the world’s biggest pharma groups has warned Europe may miss out on new drugs for conditions such as heart disease and cancer if it pushes ahead with “troubling” new legislation.
David Ricks, Eli Lilly’s chief executive, said under a draft plan to cut market exclusivity protection from 10 to eight years, it might not be worth the industry pursuing treatments for chronic diseases or cancer trials.
He said investment in treatments for Alzheimer’s and obesity, where Eli Lilly has key potential medicines in its pipeline, would also be affected if generic drugmakers were allowed to create cheaper alternatives earlier.
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