India’s Supreme Court Reinstates Pfizer’s Sutent Patent, Orders Review For Patent Office
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
In a new twist, India’s Supreme Court restores Pfizer’s patent for Sutent, but also removes a restraining order that had prevented Cipla from launching a generic copy.
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