Press Release - Today's patent withdrawal is a result of an unprecedented investigation by South Africa's Competition Commission into J&J
South Africa : MSF and Health Justice Initiative Welcome J&J's Withdrawal of Patents On Lifesaving TB Drug in South Africa initiated in 2019 in India by two tuberculosis survivors, Nandita Venkatesan from India, and Phumeza Tisile, a TB treatment activist from South Africa , was successful and resulted in the Indian Patent Officethe US pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson's attempt to extend its monopoly in India on the TB drug bedaquiline, beyond the primary patent's...
"We are encouraged that the competition regulator is finally taking the matter of health product patent evergreening seriously - we will support it to do so in its future investigations.
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