[e-drug] The Glivec Precedent

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E-DRUG: The Glivec Precedent
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Dear Colleagues

I write to share news about a set of articles that critically evaluate the
recent Supreme Court of India's decision on the patentability of Glivec -
the Novartis anti-cancer drug. The ruling that finds Glivec foul of the
standards under India's patent laws - in particular section 3(d) that
concerns with ever-greening - is a particularly important judgement on,
among other things, the residual space to interpret TRIPS.

The latest issue of Economic and Political Weekly has a set of short pieces
that evaluate the judgement and the wider context to this case - and the
long-standing struggle in the South for a humanitarian patent regime. The
issue - and these articles are open-access and are as follows:

The Supreme Court Judgment:
<http://www.epw.in/glivec-precedent/supreme-court-judgment.html&gt; 'Lawmaking'
in the South / Dwijen Rangnekar

Who Invented Glivec? Does It Matter Anyway?
<http://www.epw.in/glivec-precedent/who-invented-glivec-does-it-matter-anywa
y.html> / Graham Dutfield

Two Decades of Struggle
<http://www.epw.in/glivec-precedent/two-decades-struggle.html&gt; / Amit
Sengupta

Analysing the Supreme Court Judgment
<http://www.epw.in/glivec-precedent/analysing-supreme-court-judgment.html&gt;
/ Anand Grover

Is Section 3(d) Consistent with TRIPS?
<http://www.epw.in/glivec-precedent/section-3d-consistent-trips.html&gt; /
Carlos M Correa

<http://www.epw.in/glivec-precedent/‘drop-case’.html&gt; 'Drop
the Case' / Leena Menghaney

The Need to Curb Patents on Known Substances
<http://www.epw.in/glivec-precedent/need-curb-patents-known-substances.html&gt;
/ K M GopaKumar

The entire issue can be accessed at
http://www.epw.in/ejournal/show/1/_/2964.

Political economy of plant breeders
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2013.796445&gt; ' rights in Kenya

The Glivec Precedent / EPW / August 2013
<http://www.epw.in/ejournal/term/1/_/taxonomy%3Aterm%3A13612&gt;

Putting Novartis in Place / Hardnews / July 2013
<http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2013/07/5983?page=show&gt;

Best regards

Dwijen
Dwijen Rangnekar
School of Law
University of Warwick
"Dwijen Rangnekar" <dwijen.rangnekar@gmail.com>