NOVARTIS AG. V/S UNION OF INDIA & OTHERS
APPEAL NO: 2728 of 2013. DECIDED ON: 1-04-2013. CASE IN BRIEF:This case is a landmark decision by a two-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court on the issue of evergreening of pharmaceutical patents. Application filed in India for patent of “Imatinib mesylate” in Beta crystalline form, by appellant (“Novartis”) denied by Assistant Controller of Patents …