
Ref. Ares(2021)5781283 - 22/09/2021
Ref. Ares(2020)807577 - 07/02/2020
To:
Subject:
Flash: Meeting with AbbVie, 07 February 2020
Meeting with AbbVie (originator, biopharmaceutical company), 07 February 2020
Background: AbbVie is a major US-based pharmaceutical company specialised on biomedicines (AbbVie
commercialises Humira® the highest selling medicine ever with around USD 20 bn a year sales most
recently). This meeting took place in the context of the on-going evaluation of EU pharmaceutical
incentives
DG GROW is evaluating
the SPC legislation).
Participants:
- GROW:
(F3)
- AbbVie:
Discussion:
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- AbbVie asked about the state of play of our reflections on the unified/single grant mechanism for
SPCs.
- AbbVie welcomed the safeguards, especially the notification, included in Regulation 2019/933 on
the SPC waiver. Their legal teams are aware of the Regulation and ready for monitoring.
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Regards,
Electronically signed on 21/09/2021 17:37 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482