Solheim urges Novartis not to challenge Indian Patent Act

Posted on May 3rd, 2007 by admin

THE HINDU, May 01, 2007
Norwegian Minister of International Development Erik Solheim has urged Novartis to withdraw its case against India, challenging a clause of the Indian Patent (Amendment) Act, which does not grant patents to medicines that are new forms of an existing drug or “ever-greened” rather than innovations.
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