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Indian government directed to invoke compulsory licensing for drugs to treat Covid-19 patients

By Freny Patel
  • 27 Apr 2021 04:56
  • 27 Apr 2021 04:56
As India battles a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and faces a shortage of life-saving drugs, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to invoke its powers of compulsory licensing under the Patent Act if all else fails.
Compulsory licensing enables a government to allow a third party

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Freny Patel

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Freny has been covering antitrust law, M&A and regulations for over a decade, serving as Asia editor at Policy and Regulatory Report. Prior to joining as an editor at Mergermarket, she headed the banking bureau of a leading Indian financial daily, Business Standard. When India privatized the insurance sector, she had her own column in The Observer.

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