Natco Pharma urges Indian patent office to deny Gilead’s hepatitis C drug patent in India: Report

11 Apr 2014 Evaluate

Natco Pharma has reportedly urged Indian patent office to deny U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc’s new hepatitis C drug Sovaldi a patent in India. If happened, this will help the Indian company to launch a cheap generic version of the drug.

Gilead, whose medicine has been hailed by doctors as a breakthrough in treating the liver-destroying disease, has come under fire over its product’s $1,000 per pill price tag in the United States.

Natco Pharma was promoted as a private company to be in the business of research, developing, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical substances and finished dosage forms for Indian and International markets.

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