When any grantee or applicant, license or assign their patent rights to any licensee then such license or assignment deed holds importance for its assignee and its licensee.

In terms of existing provision of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (‘FEMA'), Indian Rupee is not a freely convertible currency.

The legal nodus of determining the Jurisdistion of Courts in cheque bouncing cases has finally been resolved by the Supreme Court of India.

One more question which arose before the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala was whether a block assessment can be completed without issuing a notice.

Ambiguity and delay in any dispute resolution mechanism is undesirable for any system including taxation.

These guidelines came into effect from 01.01.2015 and are applicable to all applications for compounding received on or after the aforesaid date.

Due date of filing of annual return in Form GSTR-9 and reconciliation statement in Form GSTR-9C for financial year (FY) 2019-20 extended from December 31, 2020 to February 28, 2021.

Transfer pricing rules basically determines the value at which companies trade products, services or assets between two units across borders.

Recently in the case of DCIT V. Bombay Gymkhana Ltd. reported in 2015-TIOL-331-ITAT-Mum, there were following two key issues before the Hon’ble Income Tax Appellate Tribunal [ITAT] Mumbai Bench to decide.

The 19th Annual International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology was organized from October 23- 26, 2017 at Baltimore, Maryland.

On January 26, 2018, the USFDA approved Lutathera (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) for the treatment of a type of cancer that affects the pancreas or gastrointestinal tract called GastroEnteroPancreatic NeuroEndocrine Tumors.

On December 19, 2017, the United States Food and Drug Administration has finalized a rule, first proposed in 2015, regarding use of Triclosan and 23 other active ingredients ...

This section of the newsletter discusses recent drug approvals from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for various serious diseases.

RNA acts as a messenger within the body's cells, carrying instructions from DNA for controlling the synthesis of proteins.

Cablivi was developed by Ablynx, a Sanofi company.

A new concept for start-up companies has been introduced.

FDA Finalizes guidance for premarket tobacco product applications to check oversight of tobacco products and health issue

This segment of the newsletter focusses on sharing the recent regulatory reforms and updates on Healthcare and Pharmaceutical domain from World Health Organization (WHO).

The Budget 2015 has, quite notoriously, placed an amendment to Rule 6 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 by including non-excisable goods into its fold.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued Motor Vehicle Aggregators Guidelines, 2020 ("Guidelines") to regulate the cab aggregator market. The Guidelines have been issued vide notification