Indian Court Says "No" To Linking Patents With Regulatory Approvals; Sends Back Six Patent Oppositions

MUMBAI - In two back-to-back judgments delivered by the Delhi High Court this week, multinational drug companies Bayer and Eli Lilly suffered major setbacks as the Indian court rejected their separate pleas - one related to the linkage of patent grants with regulatory approvals and the other a re-examination of the existing system for patent oppositions