Tag: cancer pills

  • Novartis loses court appeal, cancer drug to stay cheap

    Novartis loses court appeal, cancer drug to stay cheap

    Poor cancer patients in India would welcome Indian apex court’s decision, dismissing Novartis’ appeal for a patent for its anti-cancer drug, Gleevec. The Supreme Court judgement, delivered by Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Desai, has called for a strict interpretation of section 3(d). India’s  Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) has…