Indian court blocks Glenmark's cut-price Januvia, expedites patent case

India's Supreme Court has blocked any fresh manufacture by Glenmark of its cut-price version of Merck & Co's diabetes therapies Januvia (sitagliptin) and Janumet (sitagliptin/metformin hydrochloride).

India's Supreme Court has blocked any fresh manufacture by Glenmark of its cut-price version of Merck & Co's diabetes therapies Januvia (sitagliptin) and Janumet (sitagliptin/metformin hydrochloride).

The court has also, in what's probably an unprecedented move, made efforts to ensure that "highly contested commercial cases" such as these are dealt with in definite timelines – the court itself

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