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India Rules Against Bayer in Cancer Drug Patent Case

04.03.2013 - An Indian patent appeals board dismissed on Monday Bayer's petition against a government decision to allow a domestic company to sell cheap copycat versions of cancer drug Nexavar...

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India Revokes Roche Patent in New Blow for Big Pharma

03.11.2012 - India dealt a fresh blow to the international pharmaceutical industry on Friday as its patents appeal board revoked a patent granted six years ago on Roche's hepatitis C drug...

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India to Give Free Generic Drugs to Hundreds of Millions

05.07.2012 - India has put in place a $5.4 billion policy to provide free medicine to its people, a decision that could change the lives of hundreds of millions, but a ban on branded drugs...

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China Changes Patent Law in Fight for Cheaper Drugs

09.06.2012 - China has overhauled parts of its intellectual property laws to allow its drugmakers to make cheap copies of medicines still under patent protection in an initiative likely to...