Bayer Says India's Natco Has No Ground For Compulsory License; Blames Lack of Drug Availability On Poor Health Infrastructure
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
MUMBAI - As Natco Pharma Ltd. is set to test the viability of India's highly debated compulsory licensing provisions by challenging Bayer AG's kidney and liver cancer treatment Nexavar (sorafenib), the German polymers-to-pharmaceuticals conglomerate has said that "extensive use of compulsory licenses will in the long-term undermine and threaten the patent system.
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