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19 January 2009

Indian court provokes storm over drugs patent linkage (full version)

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

Two patent disputes before the Delhi High Court have raised the issue of patent linkage between the India Patent Office and the Office of the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)

The disputes threaten to require the Drug Controller to consider whether generic drugs infringe patents before it issues marketing approval.




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