Natco Pharma has opposed an application made by Novartis India to the controller of patents, for grant of a patent for an anti-cancer drug 'Imatinib Mesylate'. The company has filed a pre-grant......
Eight commonly prescribed anti-cancer drugs will soon enter India's National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM).The entry assumes significance in the backdrop of a Supreme Court directive to the......
Swiss drug manufacturer Novartis AG has been granted patent protection in India for Nilotinib, a superior version of blood cancer drug Gleevec (imatinib mesylate). It has been engaged in a legal......
The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Swiss pharmaceutical major Novartis AG, challenging the constitutional validity of the section 3 (d) of the Patents (Amendment) Act......
The Patent Controller Office of India has rejected the patent application of Novartis AG for its cancer drug Gleevec.Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs V Rengasamy rejected the application......