Court sets aside order pertaining to patent for Novartis’s Entresto in India, setting the stage for high-octane generic competition that potentially includes frontline domestic companies. If the Swiss firm appeals, market dynamics may be impacted but prices of same-composition second brands of the heart-failure therapy are already headed southwards.
Less than a month after Novartis secured a patent pertaining to Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) in India, a court has sent the matter back to the Indian patent office for reconsideration, albeit from a specific juncture in the case, after noting certain “disquieting” features of the procedure that was followed in the grant of the patent.
The Delhi High Court’s order, which sets aside the 14 December 2022 decision by an Assistant Controller of Patents &...
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