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Patent rejected for MNC’s cancer drug; generics likely to enter market
23 Jan 2026 11:15 GMT
… pharmaceutical company AbbVie for its cancer drug Venetoclax, citing lack of … cancers, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia. Legal experts told … when Swiss drugmaker Novartis lost its patent claim on its cancer drug Glivec.
In its …
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Patent rejected for MNC’s cancer drug, generics to follow
23 Jan 2026 08:29 GMT
… patent application for its blockbuster cancer drug Venetoclax citing lack of … cancers, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia. The decision, if … which Swiss firm Novartis lost patent on its blockbuster cancer drug, Glivec, in 2013 …
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Advantages, challenges of Indian generic drugs
20 Jan 2026 08:51 GMT
… pharmaceutical accessibility, Indian generic drugs have gained popularity for their … rejected Novartis' patent application for an updated version of its leukemia drug Gleevec … , India's generic drug industry faces mounting challenges. Regulatory …
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<![CDATA[Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: From Diagnosis to Ongoing Management ]]>
18 Jan 2026 19:24 GMT
… gene.
First-Generation: Imatinib (Gleevec).
Second/Third-Generation: … generation drug isn't tolerated or if the leukemia has … GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Cancer, he emphasized the importance … .
For more news on cancer updates, research and education, …
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Cheaper Cancer Drugs vs Patents: Will Delhi HC’s Zydus Ruling Expand Access To Treatment?
13 Jan 2026 10:50 GMT
… ’s landmark ruling denied Novartis a patent for a … crystalline form of its anti-cancer drug Glivec (imatinib mesylate), upholding Section … generics. The SC found Novartis’s modification lacked the … generics. The SC found Novartis’s modification lacked the …
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Terns drug shows potential to challenge Novartis’ blockbuster leukemia treatment
08 Dec 2025 21:04 GMT
… known as chronic myeloid leukemia.
According to results presented … as Scemblix or another Novartis medicine, Gleevec, as well as … with Scemblix and another CML drug, Iclusig — have occurred. … in CML. Early drugs like Gleevec worked by blocking the …
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<![CDATA[Essential Insights on GIST and Gleevec for Patients]]>
05 Dec 2025 21:19 GMT
… by the National Cancer Instittue on its website, Gleevec works by blocking … -down-gastrointestinal-stromal-tumor-basics
“Gleevec,” National Cancer Institute; https:/… /dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/gleevec
Transcript has been …
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David Baltimore obituary: virologist whose enzyme discovery transformed understanding of cancer and HIV/AIDS
01 Dec 2025 12:08 GMT
… viruses that cause cancer contain an enzyme … discovered and characterized several cancer-causing genes, including … kinase in Abelson murine leukemia virus. The mammalian … leukaemia in humans, a cancer now treated successfully with the kinase inhibitor Gleevec …
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[Interview] 'Adults with ALL need the most effective drugs first’: Hematologist warns of widening treatment gap'
21 Nov 2025 06:42 GMT
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a blood cancer that can affect … can tolerate high-dose anticancer drugs, but older adults cannot, … A: Using the most effective drugs first. Ponatinib, a third- … , but only first-generation Glivec is reimbursed, for just …
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India’s drug industry saved the world once. Can it do it again?
19 Nov 2025 13:40 GMT
… factory making a critical cancer drug shut down in 2023 … 2006 from Novartis, the Swiss drug maker behind the cancer drug Glivec. It … Indian-made drugs.
Activists protest outside Novartis’s Mumbai … 2024, Cosentyx, a drug from Novartis that treats psoriasis and …