Recently The Bombay high court dismissed a challenge by Bayer AG against a decision to allow drug maker Natco Pharma Ltd to manufacture and sell a generic copy of a patent-protected cancer drug made by the German company. The court was hearing a plea filed by Bayer challenging a March 2013 order passed by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) permitting Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma to manufacture and sell a generic copy of the patented drug Nexavar.
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