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Billed as the biggest trade deal in global history, negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) finally overcame their last stumbling block – a disagreement on the minimum period of protection of the rights to data used to make biologic drugs – and 12 “Pacific Rim” countries are set to become signatories to the accord, which combined represents some 40% of the global economy. “The deal could reshape industries and influence everything from the price of cheese to the cost of ...
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