- Natco Pharma files India's first compulsory licence plea
Natco Pharma has applied for the country's first compulsory licence to sell a generic version of Bayer's patented medicine.
- Cipla in talks with Centre to share cancer drug know-how
Pharma powerhouse Cipla has started talks with the government to share knowledge on making cancer drugs, which, if successful, could radica...
- Cipla makes cancer drug cheaper
Cipla has launched a copycat version of German pharma company Bayer’s cancer medicine Nexavar at one-tenth the price.
- HC rejects Bayer plea on Nexavar copycat
The Delhi HC dismissed an appeal by German drugmaker Bayer that sought to stop Cipla from obtaining a marketing approval from the country’s...
- Maharashtra wants to keep tabs on healthcare services
Maharashtra may set its foot where almost no state government has ventured so far and where even the Centre fears to tread.
- Of patents and pre-grant oppositions
On January 25 this year, the patent office in Chennai rejected a patent application by pharma MNC Novartis for its anti-cancer drug Glivec ...