THE Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (Ipophl) disputed the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) claim that the Philippines may be a producer of fake medicines.

In a statement, the country's copyright regulator said the USTR based its claim on reports from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the European Union IP Office (EUIPO), which referred to countries like the Philippines as "provenance economies."

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