CELEX: 62007CA0527
Language: en
Date: 2009-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-527/07: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 June 2009 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) (United Kingdom)) — The Queen, on the application of Generics (UK) Ltd v Licensing Authority (acting through the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2001/83/EC — Medicinal products for human use — Marketing authorisation — Grounds of refusal — Generic medicinal products — Concept of reference medicinal product )

1.8.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 180/7
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 June 2009 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) (United Kingdom)) — The Queen, on the application of Generics (UK) Ltd v Licensing Authority (acting through the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency)
   (Case C-527/07) (1)
   
   (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2001/83/EC - Medicinal products for human use - Marketing authorisation - Grounds of refusal - Generic medicinal products - Concept of ‘reference medicinal product’)
   2009/C 180/11
   Language of the case: English
   
      Referring court
   
   High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court)
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: The Queen, on the application of Generics (UK) Ltd
   
      Defendant: Licensing Authority, acting through the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
   
      Supported by: Shire Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Janssen-Cilag AB
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — Interpretation of Article 10(1) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ 2001 L 311, p. 67) — Marketing authorisation — Abridged procedure — Application for authorisation of a generic of a reference medicinal product — Concept of reference medicinal product when examining the application
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   A medicinal product, such as Nivalin at issue in the main proceedings, which falls outside the scope of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency, and the placing of which on the market in a Member State was not authorised in accordance with the applicable Community law, cannot be considered to be a reference medicinal product within the meaning of Article 10(2)(a) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use, as amended by Directive 2004/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004.
   
      (1)  OJ C 22, 26.1.2008.