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Prepare to submit an application under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime Canada's Access to Medicines Regime requires that the following steps be completed prior to the submission by a pharmaceutical company of an application to the Canadian Commissioner of Patents for a…

Renewal of licence under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime Within 30 days of the end of the two-year period of the original compulsory licence , a pharmaceutical company may apply to have it renewed. A renewal will only be granted if the full shipment of the original…

Royalty payments and Canada's Access to Medicines Regime A pharmaceutical company that holds a compulsory licence under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime is required to pay royalties to the patent holder. The company must make payments within a prescribed amount of time and in…

Termination of authorization under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime The patent holder may seek an order from the Federal Court of Canada to terminate a compulsory licence , if the patent holder can establish that any information in the application by the licence holder is…

Submit an application under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime The company must submit the application package to the Commissioner of Patents at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). For contact information, see Contacts. All correspondence and envelopes for the…

Request additions to eligible products list of Canada's Access to Medicines Regime To request that the Government of Canada add a drug or medical device to the list of eligible products , the country, company or non-governmental organization making the request must proceed in the…

Notify the Government of Canada under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime To notify the Government of Canada of its plans to import a particular drug or medical device through Canada's Access to Medicines Regime , the government of a country that is not a member of the World…

Notify the World Trade Organization under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime To notify the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its plans to import a drug or medical device through Canada's Access to Medicines Regime , the government of a WTO member country must Prepare a letter on…

Notification for WTO and non-WTO member countries under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime Before importing a drug or medical device through Canada's Access to Medicines Regime , countries that are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and developing countries that are…

Notification diagram for WTO and non-WTO importing countries under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime The following diagram illustrates what information should be provided to which authority in the notification process. More complete details are available in Notification…