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Second Medical Use Patents in Vietnam

Claims in the form of "new/known compound X or pharmaceutical composition containing the compound X is used for treating disease A" are currently not accepted by the Vietnam IP Office. The Vietnam IP Office's basis for such refusal is found in Paragr

Claims in the form of "new/known compound X or pharmaceutical composition containing the compound X is used for treating disease A" are currently not accepted by the Vietnam IP Office. The Vietnam IP Office's basis for such refusal is found in Paragraphs 23.6.d and 25.5.d.(i) of Circular 01/2007/TT-BKHCN. 

 

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3 November 2021