Another Drug Patent Refusal Comes Under The Indian Judicial Scanner

Another Drug Patent Refusal Comes Under The Indian Judicial Scanner

Another pharmaceutical patent refusal came under the judicial scanner in the Calcutta High Court. This time, a patent application filed by Oramed Ltd. for a novel oral insulin composition aimed at eliminating the need for daily insulin injections was refused by the Deputy Controller for lack of inventive step and composition falling under Section 3(e) of the Patents Act. Aggrieved by this refusal, the applicant filed an appeal before the Calcutt…