The Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) for medicinal and plant protection products is an exclusive right that extends the protection conferred by a basic patent with regard to specific products protected by said patent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An SPC can extend the protection for a pharmaceutical or plant protection product by up to five years. In addition, in the case of paediatric medicinal products the supplementary protection certificate may provide extension for additional 6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The possibility of extending the protection is a compensation for companies which have a shortened period of market exclusivity due to the need to conduct a multiple year research and to complete the procedures for obtaining marketing authorizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have extensive experience in obtaining supplementary protection and provide our Clients with comprehensive advice and assistance in this respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our patent team members Ma\u0142gorzata Kaczmarczyk and Gra\u017cyna W\u00f3jcik have written a chapter on formal requirements and practice in Poland for the second edition of \u201cEuropean SPCs Unravelled: A Practitioner\u2019s Guide to Supplementary Protection Certificates in Europe<\/strong>\u201d, published by Wolters Kluwer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-843","services-item","type-services-item","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n