Sentence examples for parallel imports from inspiring English sources

Parallel imports are of particular importance in meeting public health needs since the pharmaceutical industry generally sets differential prices globally for the same medicine.

Parallel imports can damage a brand's value and the profits go to the importer.

Such goods are also commonly called "parallel imports". Ibid.

The market for parallel imports is worth £700m annually in Britain alone.

"No, we're not asking for a ban on parallel imports or compulsory licensing," said Jacqueline Wallace, a Roche press spokeswoman.

I'm with Cato in saying that there's no need to tie the hands of American drug companies against parallel imports.

First, anyone who buys a cheaper parallel import would otherwise have paid the full price for the same brand.

But despite the opportunities, parallel importing accounts for less than 5percentt of European drug revenue, said Jeffrey Chaffkin, an analyst at PaineWebber, in a recent report.

This decision to destroy the book industry by removing parallel import restrictions is consistent with the government's relentless assaults on science and scientists.

The recommendation to repeal parallel import restrictions – made for the eighth time – is part of its latest report to government on intellectual property arrangements, made public on Tuesday.

'I don't believe that this or related measures such as parallel importing are the answer here,' Caborn wrote to Ben Jackson, director of London-based Action for Southern Africa (Actsa), last November.