Klang MP Charles Santiago has slammed a government-commissioned study on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) as “shallow”.

The national interest analysis prepared by the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (Isis), Charles said, missed out on a number of key issues that could impact the prices of medicines.

The TPPA, he said, stipulates two different circumstances when the patent term for medicines can be extended but the analysis completely ignored the one stipulated under Article 18.37.2 of the agreement...