"India has scientific capability to emerge as global leader in health technologies": NITI Aayog's Gobardhan DasIndia's largest biomedical event, 'Medical Innovations Patent Mitra: Innovators-to-Industry Connect', successfully took place in New Delhi....
25 May, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
From oncology to obesity, Pfizer bets big on India for its next growth wavePfizer is prioritizing India for future growth. The company plans to launch new medicines here soon after their global release. Pfizer aims...
18 May, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
US market today: Pfizer posts strong first-quarter, sees boost from recent legal winsPfizer reported higher-than-expected sales and profit on Tuesday and said a patent extension for its Vyndamax heart drug and a recent favor...
05 May, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
Moderna stocks: MRNA shares jump in US Stock market today after pharma giant surpasses Wall Street estimatesModerna had earlier posted a loss of $2.52 per share a year earlier, while analysts expected a loss of $3.96 per share.
01 May, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
Compliance squeeze, global scrutiny redefine India’s $30 billion pharma export playbookAs global markets prioritise quality and regulatory trust, India’s pharma sector is recalibrating beyond its traditional cost advantage.
01 May, 2026, 11.26 AM IST
German court rules Pfizer, BioNTech violated Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine patentA German court has ruled that Pfizer and BioNTech violated Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine patent. The court in Duesseldorf stated that Pfizer a...
05 Mar, 2025, 09.01 PM IST
WTO meeting on COVID vaccine patent waiver proposal went 'very well', chair says"It went very well and here's why I say that. No member rejected the outcome as completely unacceptable," Ambassador Lansana Gberie from Si...
06 May, 2022, 08.55 PM IST
- No vaccine for patents
When we take the longer view, we can see a fundamental mismatch between the policy design of intellectual property protection and the polic...
14 Apr, 2022, 11.26 PM IST
View: The vaccine patent waiver waversAs per the original 2020 text of the TRIPs waiver proposal, India and South Africa wanted the right to suspend intellectual property (IP) p...
20 Mar, 2022, 11.09 PM IST
The United States drug industry used to oppose patents - what changed?Drugmakers quickly voiced their opposition to the move, but public health advocates were elated. Waiving patent rights, the thinking goes, ...
13 Mar, 2022, 09.04 PM IST
Are patent waivers the best way to boost vaccine production? Arvind Panagariya decodesOpponents of the proposal have argued that the waiver will make no difference to the supply of vaccines. Patent-holders and pharmaceutical ...
11 May, 2021, 12.11 AM IST
EU invites 'concrete' US plan on lifting Covid vaccine patentsEuropean Council chief Charles Michel, attending an EU summit in Portugal, said the bloc was ready to discuss a US offer to suspend patent ...
09 May, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
SJM protests against Covid vaccine patentsManch’s convenor Ashwani Mahajan said the protest was organised against Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ recent statement that he ‘doesn’t sup...
08 May, 2021, 06.35 AM IST
Drugmakers say Joe Biden misguided over vaccine patent waiverIf adopted by the World Trade Organisation, the proposal would invite new manufacturers that lack essential know-how and oversight from the...
07 May, 2021, 11.38 PM IST
MSF drags govt to Delhi HC over Pfizer's pneumonia vaccine patentThe Indian patent office granted Pfizer a patent for its vaccine PCV13 (13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine), sold here under the bran...
14 Oct, 2017, 02.08 AM IST
Doctors Without Borders challenges Pfizer's vaccine patent application in IndiaNot-for-profit medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has challenged a patent application of US drug major Pfizer in India for its p...
12 Mar, 2016, 06.17 PM IST
Cadila Pharma files for cancer vaccine patentCadila Pharmaceuticals has developed a cancer vaccine and has filed for its therapeutic patent with Controller General of Patents Designs a...
12 Oct, 2012, 11.54 AM IST