Keyword: Glivec

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The Biggest Side-Effect of Making Medicine

07.10.2015 - International intellectual property regulations are doing serious damage to the pharmaceutical industry and, by extension, to the health of people around the world. The core of the...

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Bayer Fails to Block Cancer Generic in India

16.12.2014 - Bayer has failed in the last round of its effort to block the sale of a cheap generic version of its cancer drug Nexavar in India. In a Dec. 12 decision, the country's Supreme...

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India Revokes GSK Cancer Drug Patent In Latest Big Pharma Blow

05.08.2013 - India has revoked a patent granted to GlaxoSmithKline for breast cancer drug Tykerb, a decision that follows a landmark India court ruling disallowing patents for incremental...

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Novartis Loses Landmark India Cancer Drug Patent Case

02.04.2013 - India's top court dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis's attempt to win patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a blow to Western pharmaceutical firms targeting India to drive...

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Big Pharma in Nervous Wait for India Verdict on Glivec Patent

27.03.2013 - Global drugmakers, battered by recent intellectual property decisions in India, are girding for a landmark court ruling next week that could have broad consequences for their...