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Investor Letter to Novartis on India Patent Case
In a letter to Novartis Chief Executive Officer Dr. Daniel Vasella, Members and Associates of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today urged Novartis to withdraw a legal challenge to Section 3(d) of the Indian Patent Act, in a case concerning the patent status of the cancer drug Gleevac...The case has implications for millions of patients reliant on generic anti-AIDS medicines produced in India.