India partly revokes Roche cancer drug patent

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India partly revokes Roche cancer drug patent

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/india-partly-revokes-roche-cancer-drug-patent-102047600.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VbfxwwlwH86VDrHfgRWvsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-04T102047Z_1_CBRE9730SQU00_RTROPTP_2_ALEXION-ROCHE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File of the logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf" align="left" title="File of the logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf" border="0" /></a>ZURICH (Reuters) - India has partly revoked patents granted to Roche Holding AG for its breast cancer drug Herceptin, a spokesman for the drugmaker confirmed on Sunday. Swiss newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported that the Kolkata Patent Office had lifted divisional patents for Herceptin on July 17 on the grounds they had not been properly submitted. &quot;I can confirm that the Assistant Controller of Patents at the Kolkata Patent Office has revoked divisional patents of Herceptin and that we are now considering the further course of action,&quot; a spokesman for Roche said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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