title: Patents in the public interest.
abstract: The UK High Court has granted an injunction allowing Chiron Corporation a monopoly in selling hepatitis C virus test kits. The decision will be welcomed by the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
authors.affiliation: Taylor Joynson Garrett, London, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology; D004345:Drug Industry; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic; D011634:Public Health; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic