Canadian officials are mulling an attack on U.S. pharma, says Ottawa lawyer

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Canadian officials are mulling an attack on U.S. pharma, says Ottawa lawyer
Jeff Lagerquist; Yahoo Finance Canada
September 19, 2018, 12:50 p.m. EDT


In this March 21, 2006 file photo, pills move through a precision weighing machine at a pharmaceutical manufacturers trade show in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Canadian officials are considering how to take aim at the massive U.S. pharmaceutical industry in the event of a full-blown trade war with the United States, according to an Ottawa-based law professor with knowledge of the situation.

The plan would target valuable U.S. patents, granting Canada’s generic pharmaceutical firms the right to copy, sell and potentially export American drugs.

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