Safeguards for generics in UK FTA: GovtThe India-UK free trade agreement safeguards the interests of the Indian generic drugs industry. It does not allow patent extensions or dat...
29 Jul, 2025, 12.27 AM IST
India, UK trade pact does not mandate patent term extensions or data exclusivityThe India-UK free trade agreement safeguards the domestic generic drug industry. It avoids patent term extensions and data exclusivity. Thi...
28 Jul, 2025, 05.53 PM IST
India will not allow evergreening of patents: Piyush GoyalCommerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal affirmed India's commitment to preventing the "evergreening" of patents, despite having robust ...
26 Jul, 2025, 10.01 PM IST
Indian pharma firms not copying products, India respect IP rights, says GoyalCommerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal refuted claims that Indian pharmaceutical firms copy Swiss products, calling it a long-standing...
10 Jun, 2025, 08.52 PM IST
Get evergreening patent requests very often, these benefit select few cos: Piyush GoyalPiyush Goyal stated that India frequently receives requests to extend pharmaceutical patents for minor modifications. He criticized this pr...
27 Apr, 2025, 10.43 PM IST
Show big heart to back proposal for easy access to medicines: Piyush Goyal to global pharma“I am sure the industry will show big heart across the world and support the TRIPS waiver that India has proposed at the WTO so that the en...
25 Feb, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
India to pursue food security issue with greater vigour at WTOThe minister said she was "utterly disappointed" because with one voice, the WTO could not reaffirm the Doha Developmental Agenda.
23 Dec, 2015, 08.01 PM IST
Delhi HC Upholds BMS' Patent for Cancer Drug DasatinibThe Delhi High Court has upheld the patent of US-based BMS for Dasatinib, dashing the hopes of a local company to sell a generic version of...
07 Jul, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
Delhi High Court upholds BMS’ patent for cancer drug DasatinibThe Indian Patent Office had in 2013 rejected the company’s demand for a compulsory licence as it did not follow the procedures for obtaini...
06 Jul, 2015, 05.37 AM IST
Evergreening clause: Thank Left for forcing UPA-1 to make the amendmentIt was the Left that had forced the government to make the innovative amendment in the Patents Act 1970, as a last-minute compromise sprung...
07 Apr, 2013, 11.35 AM IST
ET in the classroom: India's patent lawThe Indian Patents Act 1970 defines a patent as a grant or right to exclude others from making, using or selling one’s invention and includ...
02 Apr, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Azad resents to lobbying against patent laws by MNCs
Health minister has objected to recent lobbying attempts by global drugmakers to change India's intellectual property rules.
20 Aug, 2010, 03.16 AM IST
- Govt won't tweak drug patent rules
Earlier this month, the ministry accepted the controversial report, first released in 2007 but withdrawn over allegations of plagiarism and...
18 Aug, 2009, 03.41 AM IST
- Govt may patent small changes
Even as the government waits for Dr RA Mashelkar committee to correct ‘technical inaccuracies’ in its report on patent issues, it seems to ...
09 Aug, 2007, 01.20 AM IST
- Verdict in line with report: Mashelkar
RA Mashelkar, who chaired the panel that recommended that incremental developments be encouraged by the Indian patent regime, says acceptan...
07 Aug, 2007, 01.39 AM IST
- Novartis seeks EU MPs' support on patents case
The final hearings on the Novartis petition challenging the clause of the Indian Patent Act Amendment (2005), which does not accord patents...
23 Mar, 2007, 02.51 AM IST
- Madras HC to rule on Novartis’ patent case
When Novartis AG was accused of jeopardising patients’ access to generic medicines in India last year, the Swiss drug giant thought it woul...
06 Mar, 2007, 04.28 AM IST