Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority (PPV&FRA) was established by the Central Government to grant exclusive rights to the breeders and farmers who have bred, evolve or developed any kind of plant variety under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001. PPV & FRA, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of [...]
Hyderabad based Natco Pharma, which successfully received India’s first compulsory license for Nexavar (cancer drug) is again in news for patent dispute with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). Dispute relates to generic version of Dasatinib, crucial medicine used in chronic myeloid leukemia. Natco is selling under brand name Sprycel.Natco has gone ahead and launched a generic [...]
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Chain Reaction : Major Drug Makers cuts price of Cancer Drugs: Just a day after German Giant –Bayer Corp. filed an appeal with IPAB against the grant of C.L . to Indian generic company NATCO Pharma Ltd print media were occupied with the headlines that Swiss based Roche Holding AG & local drug maker [...]
The global pharmaceutical market is witnessing a change as many patents of key blockbuster drugs have expired in last few years. The patent expiration of blockbuster drug fuel the growth of global generic drug pharmaceutical market. Many branded pharmaceutical companies drugs expired in last few years like Lipitor, Cozaar, Concerta, Crestor, Levaquin and Zyprexa. [...]
THE IMPORTANCE OF PATENT FILLING Sustained economic growth over more than a decade has raised visions of India becoming one of the largest and most important economies in the world. The outsourcing of important business activities such as software development to India has also brought up the possibility of India becoming one of the [...]
