Singapore legislation
Section 19D
Section 19D
No product licence to be granted on basis of previous grant
(1)
Where —
information has been provided by an applicant for a product licence to the licensing authority relating to the safety or efficacy of a medicinal product in support of such application; and
a product licence has been granted in respect of that medicinal product (called in this section the earlier licence),the licensing authority may not, for a period of 5 years from the date of the grant, grant a product licence to another person in respect of that or a similar medicinal product on the basis of the grant of the earlier licence unless the holder of the earlier licence has given consent to the grant on that basis.
(2)
This section applies where the earlier licence is granted —
on or after 1 July 2004; or
at any time before 1 July 2004 but no earlier than 5 years before that date.