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Indian laboratory CSMCRI-CSIR gains triumph over battle to patent cheaper Iodized salt
Once again in the successful row of winning patent battles based on traditional knowledge, India has attained global attention as an Indian public sector labora…
Continue readingChennai Patent office revokes Roche's patent for valganciclovir
Patient organizations gained a victory in their fight for access to medicines as Roche’s patent on Valganciclovir, an antiviral medication was revoked by the Ch…
Continue readingSwiss Drug Maker-Roche Patent Claims On Valcyte Faces Rejection All Over Again In India
The Indian Patent Office in a verdict on July 1, 2015, for the second time, rejected Swiss drug maker Roche's patent claims on Valganciclovir or Valcyte, used t…
Continue readingPatent Granted To Nutech Mediworld For Ground-Breaking Developments In Human Embryonic Stem Cell Technology To Treat Incurable Diseases In Malaysia
Indian medical innovation is over again in glare of publicity in biotechnology sector as a leader in stem cell therapy and the credit goes to Dr Geeta Shroff, F…
Continue readingTraditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) Database: A brief overview on its origin and its crucial role behind India wedging Colgate-Palmolive Patents for typically consumed spices
Gaining an insight into Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) database will make one realize the magnitude and significance of Indian traditional medicin…
Continue readingSymed V. Glenmark: Glenmark process does not infringe Symed's process Patent for Linezolid manufacture
The Delhi High Court in its interim order dated 17th July 2015, disposed off the appeal filed by Glenmark against the interim injunction awarded by a single jud…
Continue readingLife Sciences embrace exigent technology in global innovation as per patent statistics
As per Thomson Reuter’s analysis of global patents, the life sciences industry is attaining increasing succession over technology-based sectors in terms of driv…
Continue readingTwo more feathers of success added to the Patent-Hat of Suven life sciences ltd.
Suven Life Sciences Ltd. from Hyderabad had announced the grant of one product patent from Mexico (No: 325948 and Title: Bicyclic compounds as ligands of the ni…
Continue readingUniversity of California-Berkeley, Harvard or MIT: Who owns billions of dollars worth CRISPR-CAS9 mediated gene-editing technology?
Genome editing, also referred to as genome editing with engineered nucleases (GEEN) is a category of genetic engineering, in which DNA is inserted, replaced, or…
Continue readingIPAB Sets aside Patent office order refusing Patent to Pfizer's Anti-Psychotic drug
In a case reflecting the sorry state of affairs with respect to patent prosecution in India, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) had set aside the …
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