Guest column : Implications of the #Januvia patent lawsuit in India

The banning of diabetes drug pioglitazone (now looking set to be revoked) has put Merck’s patented drug sitagliptin or Januvia back into the limelight in India. Critics of the ban have highlighted the added expense of moving patients from pio to sitagliptin, a possible alternative. This is a good time to take another look at …

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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 …

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 …