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Why would the fact that a drug is patented prevent it from being used in clinical trials ? Can't a patented product generally be used as the buyer wishes once
by tgflynn 14y ago
Why would the fact that a drug is patented prevent it from being used in clinical trials ? Can't a patented product generally be used as the buyer wishes once it is purchased (subject to other laws of course) ?
- hga 14y agoThe Wikipedia article on the First Sale Doctrine, which applies to copyrights and trademarks led me to the Exhaustion doctrine for patents, which isn't so clear cut it would appear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaustion_doctrine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaustion_doctrine