The Novartis laboratory’s lawsuit is dismissed by the Indian Supreme Court to the immense relief of patients and activists throughout the world.
After a seven-year trial, New Delhi’s Supreme Court finally dismissed today the case brought by the Swiss laboratory Novartis against the State of India. Since 2006, the pharmaceutical company has been trying to patent the reformulation of an existing cancer treatment called Glivec. Pursuant to its patent laws[[In accordance with international law, Indian legislation (Article 3d [...]