Despite conflicting media reports and confusion over where India stands in its regulation of clinical trials, Indian drug officials have until the end of January to respond to a Supreme Court order seeking answers on their alleged lax oversight of trials.
Pfizer will lose patent protection for Viagra in Brazil on June 20 after the Supreme Court (STJ) accepted recommendations by national intellectual property watchdog, the INPI.
Yesterday’s US Supreme Court decision upholding a $7m damages award to a Vermont woman who sued Wyeth means that drugmakers are still vulnerable to State consumer liability lawsuits despite FDA approval for a drug and its labelling.
The Supreme Court's decision to allow drug companies to receive
exemptions from patent infringement during key early-stage research
carries wider significance throughout the industry as it reduces
licence negotiation for patented...
In Norway, the Supreme Court has concluded that the packaging
designused by the local subsidiary of parallel importer Paranova
does notinfringe Merck & Co's trademarks.
