The European Commission has withdrawn its interim measures decision adopted on 3 July 2001 against IMS Health (IMS), the world leader in data collection on pharmaceutical sales and prescriptions.
A judgment from the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court, while recognising that IMS Health’s 1860 brick structure was protected by national copyright, now allows NDC Health (NDC) to market a brick structure which meets customers’ needs.
Therefore the Commission decided that there is no longer an urgency requiring its intervention.
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