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India’s ‘increased efficacy’ patentability requirement for medicines prevents an improved form of a known drug from receiving a patent unless the new form is significantly more effective than the previously-known form. This provision aims to accomplish one task: stop patent “ever-greening.”  This issue has risen to prominence lately as the New York Times reports on the Novartis suit challenging patent ever-greening requirements in India’s Supreme Court. So what is patent ever-greening?  Opponents claim that corporations Read More >