India's Top Court Dismisses Drug Patent Case

Author:
AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
1 April 2013
Tags:
Asia, Australia, and Africa, Health and Medicine, Legal and Judicial Affairs

India's Supreme Court has rejected the bid by Swiss drug company Novartis to patent what its says is a new version of its cancer drug. The ruling clears the way for Indian companies to continue producing generic version of the medicine.

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