Pharmaceuticals
Health ministry seeks compulsory licence for Bristol-Myers' cancer drug
03 Apr 2014
A month’s dosage of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s patented drug Dasatinib, which is sold under the brand name `Sprycel’, costs around Rs60,000
J&J accepts $4 bn bid from Carlyle for its ortho-clinical diagnostics business
01 Apr 2014
Johnson & Johnson's ortho-clinical diagnostics unit was created in 1994 when it acquired the clinical diagnostics division of Eastman Kodak and formed Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, which was then merged in 1997 with Ortho Diagnostic Systems
Delhi HC bars export of Natco's generic cancer drug on Bayer’s plea
27 Mar 2014
Bayer, in its petition, has pointed out that the generic drug being made under compulsory licence is for sale in India and, thus, cannot be exported