Thursday, July 12, 2007

Lula pummels Merck’s patent!

Indian Lula pummels Merck’s patent!pharma Companies ( Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., Cipla Ltd. and Aurobindo Pharma) will now have the opportunity to gain from Brazil’s move to breach the patent on Merck & Co. Inc.’s AIDS drug. Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, allowed Brazil to break the patent, and in turn, get a generic version from India. From this move Aurobindo Pharma is anticipating gains in the region of $50 million, as informed by its Chairman P. V. Ramaprasad Reddy. The patent was detoured by Brazil after the Health Ministry rejected New Jersey-based Merck’s offer to reduce the price of its pills by 30%.

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IIPM Editorial, 2007

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IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

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