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Drug suppliers sue State over looming ban on generic medicine

The implementation of the IPR had been scheduled for July this year but ACA extended the deadline by six more months. [iStockphoto]

Drug suppliers lobby Kenya Pharmaceutical Distributors Association (KPDA) has moved to court seeking to slam the brakes on a looming generic medicines ban.

This follows Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) regulations that KPDA says criminalise the importation of generic medicines through implementation of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) recordation slated for January 1.

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