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“To patent or not to patent? the case of Novartis’ cancer drug Glivec in India”

BACKGROUND: Glivec (imatinib mesylate), produced by the pharmaceutical company Novartis, is prescribed in the case of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, one of the most common blood cancers in eastern countries. After more than a decade of legal battles surrounding its patentability, the Supreme Court of Ind...

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Autores principales: Gabble, Ravinder, Kohler, Jillian Clare
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3884017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24393270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-10-3