Januvia and Galvus : a different take

So here's the thing. While I was waxing eloquent about how Januvia and Galvus were proof that India's patent laws work, and of differential pricing blah,  blah, blah I got a call that spun me around a bit.. A very senior drug safety expert based in New Delhi seemed rather disturbed by the popularity of …

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India’s patented diabetes drugs : proof of the pudding

For a while it was beginning to look as if you couldn't patent a drug in India without being opposed tooth and nail by local companies or non-profits (with good reason in a number of cases).  Some innovators complained of the Indian patent law being too pro-generics. Others said - and Apothecurry agrees - that parts of India's …