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English translation: referability / prescribability

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Dutch term or phrase:	verwijsbaarheid
English translation:	referability / prescribability
Entered by:	Dave Calderhead

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03:51 Oct 7, 2005

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Law/Patents - Medical: Pharmaceuticals

Dutch term or phrase: verwijsbaarheid

Had to do with patents and their v., if my memory serves me.

Yngve Roennike KudoZ activity Questions: 509 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 964
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referability / prescribability

Explanation:
Van Dale:
verwijzen ( overgankelijk werkwoord )
refer
relegate, consign, send
[wetsvoorstel commit]
[aanduiden denote]

Just an idea, as a doctor referring to a medicine could be his/her prescription for it?

More context would be more than a just a little help!

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By prescibability, the approval of the medicine as safe to be prescribed is probably the issue - e.g. FDA approval in the US or Medical approval of the country concerned in Europe and elsewhere in the world.