TMI BlogCompulsory Licensing on Patented DrugsX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Compulsory Licensing on Patented Drugs X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t is under section 84 of the Patent Act, 1970 (as amended). The patent was originally granted to M/s Bayer Corporation, USA by the Indian Patent Office. Compulsory license provisions are enshrined in the Patents Act and these provisions will be implemented in a situation befitting the issue. In January, 2013, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare forwarded to this Department, minutes of the meetin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... g of the Committee set up under that Ministry for invoking provisions of Compulsory Licensing of Drugs in India in which it was recommended to put three drugs namely Herceptin, Dasatinib and Lxabepilone under Compulsory Licensing as per the provisions of Section 92 of the Patents Act, 1970. The said recommendations were examined in detail in this Department and the Ministry of Health and Family We ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lfare was requested to furnish the relevant information. Subsequently patent on Herceptin was not renewed by the patentee and lxabepilone was considered unsafe by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare was requested to furnish further information on Dasatinib. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Comm ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... erce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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