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Rampant evergreening in Indian pharma industry

Pharmaceutical companies commonly used legal argument, as opposed to demonstrating proof of therapeutic efficacy, to overcome anti-evergreening objections

5 min read30 Apr 2018
Companies

Drug firms facing challenging times due to price control: Cipla

Calling for in-licensing system for patented and monopoly drugs developed abroad, Cipla chairman Y.K. Hamied said the company will continue its efforts to offer patients affordable medicines

1 min read29 Sep 2016
Politics

FDI during Apr-Feb jumps to $37.53 bn: Nirmala Sitharaman

FDI equity inflow increased from $22.42 billion in 2012-13 to $37.53 billion in 2015-16

1 min read2 May 2016
Companies

Doctors Without Borders opposes Pfizer’s pneumonia vaccine patent in India

MSF is challenging this patent to ensure manufacturers planning to produce the pneumonia vaccine do not face patent barriers while launching more affordable versions

2 min read15 Mar 2016
Companies

India’s monopoly regime stops us from making many drugs here: Cipla’s Hamied

Cipla's market is not India alone and it has to go global, says Yusuf K. Hamied, who stepped down as MD in February

1 min read22 Nov 2013
Opinion

Glivec and the question of innovation

Incremental improvements of existing products to secure patents are a menace to innovation

4 min read8 Apr 2013
Opinion

Glivec and price controls

India needs a patent system that is based on protecting the rights of companies over their genuine intellectual property

2 min read1 Apr 2013
Opinion

SC verdict on Novartis plea: what it means

The verdict is not only for the people of India but also for the people of the developing world

2 min read1 Apr 2013
Politics

No suo motu powers to review ‘wrongly’ granted patents

No suo motu powers to review ‘wrongly’ granted patents

5 min read13 Apr 2010
Opinion

A method to the madness

A method to the madness

4 min read5 Nov 2008
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