SOUTH AFRICA

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Patent Term
20 years from date of filing application

Pharmaceutical Patent Extension?
No.

Bolar Provision
Unknown.
However, as described in S15-C of the Medicines and Related Substances Control Amendment Act (1997), the South African government permits compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical products and parallel importation of pharmaceuticals from third party countries.

References
http://www.gpa.co.za/english/za/pact.htm
http://www.polity.org.za/govdocs/legislation/1997/act90.pdf

Prepared for IP Organisers by Dr Grace Chan, Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick - October 2002.