India's Stance On IPRs, Pharma in FTA Will Fosters Growth Of Generic Drug Sector: GTRI
10 months, 1 week ago

India's Stance On IPRs, Pharma in FTA Will Fosters Growth Of Generic Drug Sector: GTRI

ABP News  

India's position on intellectual property rights and pharmaceutical issues in proposed trade agreements strikes a balance between fostering innovation and addressing public health needs. By resisting pressures from developed nations regarding concepts like 'data exclusivity' and 'patent linkage' in free trade agreements, India facilitates greater market access for generic drug manufacturers, leading to a significant reduction in the cost of life-saving medications. Proposed FTA terms from developed nations often encompass TRIPs-plus provisions, encompassing aspects such as data exclusivity, patent term extensions, patent evergreening, expanded patentability criteria, and patent linkage. "India scrutinises patent applications rigorously to avoid evergreening, where minor modifications to existing patents extend monopolies, a practice not explicitly addressed by TRIPs but requiring new inventions for patentability," he said.

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Local to global: 14 nations keen to adopt India’s generic pharmacy model
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Local to global: 14 nations keen to adopt India’s generic pharmacy model

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Inspired by India's efforts to make affordable medicines accessible to the public, 14 countries from the Global South, including Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, are considering adopting India's generic pharmacy model, according to two people familiar with the development. While 11 countries, including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Ghana, Suriname, Nicaragua, Mozambique, and the Solomon Islands, have recognized Indian standards for drugs …

Thorny clause in ripening India-European Free Trade Association deal may hit generic drug industry
10 months, 1 week ago

Thorny clause in ripening India-European Free Trade Association deal may hit generic drug industry

The Hindu  

A clause in a draft free trade agreement text being negotiated between India and the European Free Trade Association — Switzerland, Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway — could delay access to affordable, generic versions of patented drugs in India by a minimum of six years, according to documents viewed by The Hindu. A leaked draft of the Trade and Economic Partnership …

Navigating Legal Challenges In The Development Of The Pharmaceutical Sector In India
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Navigating Legal Challenges In The Development Of The Pharmaceutical Sector In India

ABP News  

New Delhi, January 25: India's pharmaceutical sector, a key contributor to the nation's economy, has encountered significant legal challenges influencing its growth trajectory. Balancing data exclusivity, protecting clinical trial data, and ensuring timely access to generic drugs is a delicate task crucial for fostering innovation and affordability in medicine. The pharmaceutical sector in India faces challenges beyond patents, including combating …

India rejects extending drug patents in EU, UK trade talks
1 year, 6 months ago

India rejects extending drug patents in EU, UK trade talks

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is unlikely to budge from its opposition to the provisions on regulatory data protection and patent extension in free trade talks with the EU and the UK, it has told its negotiating partners, in a move aimed at protecting its generic drug industry and healthcare schemes. New Delhi’s stand has been “firmly communicated", said a person aware …

India-U.K. FTA will tighten screws on generic drugs: Doctors Without Borders Médecins Sans Frontières
2 years, 1 month ago

India-U.K. FTA will tighten screws on generic drugs: Doctors Without Borders Médecins Sans Frontières

The Hindu  

The proposals on intellectual property rights in the draft India-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement will hurt the global supply of generic medicines, Doctors Without Borders warned on Wednesday. In a press note, the international organisation said low medicine prices help save lives in vulnerable communities across the world but the intellectual property chapter of the India-U.K. FTA contains “harmful IP …

Understanding India’s stand on IPR at the WTO
2 years, 6 months ago

Understanding India’s stand on IPR at the WTO

Live Mint  

With WTO countries making progress on the patent waiver for covid vaccines last week, Mint examines how crucial it is to amend the WTO’s IPR norms in the post-pandemic world, keeping in mind the need for vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics. The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights introduced patent rules into the trading system during the 1986-94 …

Explained | The Indian patent regime and its clash with the U.S. norms
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained | The Indian patent regime and its clash with the U.S. norms

The Hindu  

The story so far: The U.S. Trade Representative said in a report released last month that India was one of the most challenging major economies as far as IP protection and enforcement is concerned. In its India section, the report highlighted a range of issues in domains ranging from copyright and piracy to trademark counterfeiting and trade secrets, saying that …

[LIVE NOW] Webinar On "Revisiting The Access To Medicine Debate In The COVID-19 Era"-
3 years, 9 months ago

[LIVE NOW] Webinar On "Revisiting The Access To Medicine Debate In The COVID-19 Era"-

Live Law  

The Society for Democratic Rights, New Delhi in partnership with the Georgetown University Law Center, the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and Institute for Technology Law and Policy at Georgetown Law invites you to a Comparative Law discussion on the topic "Revisiting the Access to Medicine Debate in the COVID-19 Era". How has India's patent law enabled …

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