Lawyers Collective Response to Testimony of Mr. Roy F Waldron, Pfizer Inc.
Recently, several multinational pharmaceutical companies along with the US Chamber of Commerce have been instrumental in mounting pressure on India to decry the alleged state of Intellectual Property...
View ArticlePatent challenge
IT has been more than a year since the first compulsory licence was granted to an Indian company manufacturing generic drugs to produce a patented drug. In March 2012, the compulsory licence granted to...
View ArticleValganciclovir: IPAB remands matter back to the Controller: patent to remain...
30th January, 2014: The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) set aside the Patent Controller’s decision to revoke the patent relating to valganciclovir on technical grounds and remanded it to...
View ArticleNaz Foundation files Curative Petition challenging the Supreme Court judgment...
31st March, 2014: The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, the original petitioner in the constitutional challenge to Section 377, has filed a curative petition challenging the Supreme Court decision in...
View ArticleIndian Civil Society Members Urge Prime Minister to Resist US Administration...
March 27, 2014 Dr. Manmohan Singh Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, The Prime Minister’s Office, South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi 110011. Tel: 011 23018939; Fax: 011 2301 0233. Email:...
View ArticleBombay High Court dismisses Bayer’s challenge- upholds Compulsory license on...
15.07.2014- In a momentous decision for patients, a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Bayer challenging the IPAB order upholding the compulsory license granted...
View ArticleCivil society opposes patent on sofosbuvir
10 September, 2014- In a move towards furthering access to affordable medicines, Lawyers Collective through Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust, the Hepatitis Coalition of Nagaland and Network of PLHIV living...
View ArticleSupreme Court says no to Bayer, upholds compulsory license on Nexavar
December 12, 2014 In a momentous decision that would have wide-ranging implication for access to medicines, the Supreme Court of India refused to entertain Bayer’s appeal to set aside the compulsory...
View ArticleRights: Access to medicines resolution adopted
New Delhi, 15 Jul (K. M. Gopakumar) — The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution on access to medicines despite opposition from the United States and the European Union. This was...
View ArticleMore than safety, location of a nuclear plant should be considered first: Lawyer
COIMBATORE: A three-day national consultation committee on HIV/AIDS care and support to the patients, organised at the Karl Kubel Institute here in Annaikatti, concluded on Saturday. Among the speakers...
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