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IP Workshop held at Hotel Hilton, Jaipur

25th March, 2016 - 12:39 pm Categories: India News & Updates Patents pharma Trademark

IIPRD in association with Khurana and Khurana, Advocates and IP attorneys has recently conducted an IP Workshop on 8th of February, 2016 at “Hotel Hilton”, Jaipur. Hereinbelow are the snapshots of activities conducted at the workshop – As a part of our ongoing Educational and Awareness Programme on IPR, IIPRD takes pride to have successfully … Continue reading IP Workshop held at Hotel Hilton, Jaipur

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Medecins Sans Frontieres (msf) Challenges Pfizer’s Patent Application on Pneumonia Vaccine in India

18th March, 2016 - 1:20 pm Categories: India News & Updates patent infringement Patents pharma

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) also known as Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization, has filed a pre-grant opposition in India to prevent US pharmaceutical company “Pfizer” from getting a patent on the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13, marketed as Prevenar 13®). Prevenar 13® is the world’s largest selling vaccine for infants and toddlers, that … Continue reading Medecins Sans Frontieres (msf) Challenges Pfizer’s Patent Application on Pneumonia Vaccine in India

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Indian Patent Office Rejected Compulsory License Application (C.L.A. No.1 of 2015) for “Saxagliptin” Filed by Lee Pharma Ltd.

9th February, 2016 - 1:20 pm Categories: India News & Updates Patents pharma

In an order dated 19th January 2016, the Controller of Patents rejected the compulsory license application of Hyderabad based drug maker Lee Pharma Ltd. to manufacture generic version of AstraZeneca’s anti-diabetic drug Saxagliptin. The Controller of Patents rejected the application on the grounds that substitutes to the drug Saxagliptin are readily available in the Indian … Continue reading Indian Patent Office Rejected Compulsory License Application (C.L.A. No.1 of 2015) for “Saxagliptin” Filed by Lee Pharma Ltd.

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Germany’s Boehringer Repudiated Patent on HIV Drug- Nevirapine

24th December, 2015 - 1:39 pm Categories: India News & Updates Patents pharma Section 3(D)

The Indian Patent Office has repudiated Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim patent on its key HIV drug- Nevirapine, Patent Application Number: 4724/DELNP/2009 entitled “Extended release formulation of Nevirapine”, for a version sold as Viramune XR (extended release), once again forestalling attempts by Big Pharma for “exclusivity” extension on their patented drugs to reportedly block entry of reasonably … Continue reading Germany’s Boehringer Repudiated Patent on HIV Drug- Nevirapine

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Delhi High Court Upholds Roche’s Patent Claims on Lung Cancer Drug (Tarceva) against Cipla

30th November, 2015 - 4:31 am Categories: India News & Updates patent infringement Patents pharma

A division bench of Delhi High Court on 27th Nov 2015 held that the Indian drug manufacturer Cipla infringed Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche’s patent on Erlotinib hydrochloride, marketed under the name of “Tarceva”. Roche was granted a patent in India on Erlotinib hydrochloride (Tarceva) in 2007. Roche sued Cipla for patent infringement in January 2008 … Continue reading Delhi High Court Upholds Roche’s Patent Claims on Lung Cancer Drug (Tarceva) against Cipla

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Research Exemption in Indian Patent Law

15th October, 2015 - 4:34 am Categories: India News & Updates patent infringement Patents pharma

The research or experimental use exemption permits researchers and product manufacturers to make certain use of a patented invention. The general idea behind this exemption is that it sets boundaries to patent holder rights such that the patent holder cannot prevent third parties from undertaking certain activities with respect to the patented invention. In pharmaceutical … Continue reading Research Exemption in Indian Patent Law

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SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF NATIONAL PATENT DRAFTING COMPETITION (NPDC) 2015 !

28th September, 2015 - 6:26 am Categories: India News & Updates Patents pharma

IIPRD, this year, with the support from Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys (K&K), and Sughrue Mion PLLC, has launched a one of its kinds competition in India on Patent Drafting called as “National Patent Drafting Competition” or NPDC to promote development of Patent Drafting as a Skill Set and encourage more and more … Continue reading SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF NATIONAL PATENT DRAFTING COMPETITION (NPDC) 2015 !

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“Well, You have not made out prima facie case for Compulsory License”: Notifies Rajiv Agarwal, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, to Lee Pharma!

22nd August, 2015 - 5:27 am Categories: India News & Updates Patents pharma

In a major update for the patent circle (and of course Pharma industry), reportedly, Lee Pharma, a Hyderabad based Indian pharma company, which had filed a Compulsory Licensing (CL) Application on June 29, 2015 in India, against one of the patented drug Saxagliptin of AstraZeneca (used for treating Diabetes Mellitus), has failed to make out … Continue reading “Well, You have not made out prima facie case for Compulsory License”: Notifies Rajiv Agarwal, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, to Lee Pharma!

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Revocation of Valganciclovir patent by Controller of Patents, Chennai

1st August, 2015 - 9:46 am Categories: IPAB IPAB Decisions News & Updates Patent Opposition Patents pharma Pharma/Biotech Patent Litigations Section 3(D)

Recently in a matter remanded from IPAB to Controller of Patents, Chennai, a decision of revoking Roche’s patent IN207232 for Valganciclovir was delivered after hearing both the parties. The subject patent was granted on January, 2009 followed which post grant oppositions were separately filed by CIPLA, Matrix, Ranbaxy and Bakul Pharma along with two NGOs … Continue reading Revocation of Valganciclovir patent by Controller of Patents, Chennai

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Three Days International Symposium on Strategies for Managing Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Chemical Patent Portfolios (United States, European and Chinese Scenario)

30th July, 2015 - 5:30 am Categories: News & Updates Patents pharma

We are happy to inform you all that IIPRD and Khurana & Khurana, in association with Sughrue Mion, PLLC, USA, TEE & HOWE IPATTORNEYS, CHINA and MAIWALD, GERMANY are holding an International Patent Symposium covering all major and relevant Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Chemical Patent Portfolios in the month of October 2015 in India. The Three-Days … Continue reading Three Days International Symposium on Strategies for Managing Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Chemical Patent Portfolios (United States, European and Chinese Scenario)

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