New patent rules are hampering global pharmaceutical giants.

新的专利法规定也限制了制药业的全球巨头。

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They are the ones best qualified to judge what constitutes an overwhelming emergency, justifying a breaching of the patent rules.

世界卫生组织最有资格判断什么是可以酌情违背专利规则的危急局面。

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Europeans ought to be seeking to strengthen the rules of their single market rather than pushing to dilute them; a long-overdue single European patent process would be a good start.

欧洲人现在应该做的就是去尽量强化单一市场规则，而不是去削弱；姗姗来迟的欧洲一体化专利过程就是一个很好的开始。

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Few Indians will be able to afford the drugs once they come to market, especially after patent rules are tightened up.

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Patent rules can be bent in a variety of ways to delay generic drugmakers from bringing previously patent-protected products to market.

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It reveals the typical divide between the technology industry, which tends to fear overbroad patents, and the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals industry, which favors more liberal patent rules.

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